Book contents
- Climate and Literature
- Cambridge Critical Concepts
- Climate and Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Origins
- Part II Evolution
- Part III Application
- Chapter 14 The Rise of the Climate Change Novel
- Chapter 15 Climate and History in the Anthropocene: Realist Narrative and the Framing of Time
- Chapter 16 The Future in the Anthropocene: Extinction and the Imagination
- Chapter 17 Climate Criticism and Nuclear Criticism
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 14 - The Rise of the Climate Change Novel
from Part III - Application
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 July 2019
- Climate and Literature
- Cambridge Critical Concepts
- Climate and Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Origins
- Part II Evolution
- Part III Application
- Chapter 14 The Rise of the Climate Change Novel
- Chapter 15 Climate and History in the Anthropocene: Realist Narrative and the Framing of Time
- Chapter 16 The Future in the Anthropocene: Extinction and the Imagination
- Chapter 17 Climate Criticism and Nuclear Criticism
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter outlines the emergence of climate fiction and its key modes. It pays particular attention to the extent to which climate fiction has worked within the established conventions of literary realism, meeting the many representational challenges mounted by climate change. While it considers the extent to which realism is able to render the abstract and intangible phenomenon of climate change visible, it argues that there is also a significant body of writing on the subject which turns to alternative forms and narrative strategies in the effort to represent climate change, and manages to overcome some of the limitations of realism. In other words, where climate fiction meets the challenges of representing climate change, it has the potential to provide a space in which to address the Anthropocene’s emotional, ethical, and practical concerns.
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- Climate and Literature , pp. 229 - 245Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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