Ecofiction

Quick meaning: Ecofiction is a noun meaning Fiction that deals with environmental issues and the relation between humanity and the physical environment.

Meaning

Fiction that deals with environmental issues and the relation between humanity and the physical environment.

Example Sentences

In 1941, George R. Stewart’s novel “Storm” — chronicling the 12-day life of a fictional cyclone — was published. It is, arguably, the first modern eco-fiction novel.

After the publication of The Poisonwood Bible, Kingsolver rose to a position of authority in feminist writings and ecofiction for her command of political allegory set during the Congo's turbulent emergence from colonialism.

This coming-of-age story signals that eco-fiction has come of age as well: wilder, more reckless and more breathtaking than previously thought, a wager and a promise that what emerges from the 21st century will be as good as any from the 20th, or the 19th.

Word Forms

• eco-fiction
• eco fiction

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ecocinema, ecocriticism, ecotheory, ecohistory, ecotheology, ecospeak.

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