Ecocriticism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ecocriticism is a noun meaning The interdisciplinary study of literature and ecology.
Meaning
The interdisciplinary study of literature and ecology.
Example Sentences
Serpil Opperman writes that ecocriticism proposes “that we can read the world as matter endowed with stories.”
A chapter on North Woods writers is an ideal project in which to engage the fundamental issues of ecocriticism.
The emergence of ecocriticism as a distinct field of inquiry parallels the reemergence of literary critic as cultural activist […]
In this light, the current volume is a work of ecocriticism, although not all the contributors would wish to define themselves first and foremost as ecocritics.
Word Forms
- ecocriticisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ecotheory, ecocinema, ecofiction, econarratology, ecopoetics, ecoclimatology.
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