climate change | empirical ecocriticism

December 4, 2018December 26, 2018

Article on “The Influence of Climate Fiction” Published by Matthew Schneider-Mayerson

Climate fiction—literature explicitly focused on climate change—has exploded over the last decade, and is often assumed to have a positive ecopolitical influence by enabling readers to imagine potential climate futures and persuading them of the gravity and urgency of climate …

October 22, 2018October 26, 2018

Roundtable on Empirical Ecocriticism at the 2019 ASLE Conference in Davis

Since its origin, ASLE has asserted that narratives — stories, whether in literature, film, art, or other media — are of central importance to our relationships with other humans and nonhumans as well as the broader environment. However, in their …