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ecocriticism

noun

Etymology

From eco- + criticism.

  1. derived from κριτικός — “of or for judging, able to discern”
  2. derived from criticus
  3. borrowed from critique
  4. formed as criticism — “critic + -ism”
  5. prefixed as ecocriticism — “eco + criticism”

Definitions

  1. The interdisciplinary study of literature and ecology.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ecocriticism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA