Abstract
The recent period has seen publication
of a good deal of ‘cli-fi’—
a literary term coined by Dan Bloom at
the Cli-Fi Report about climate change.
Teaching and discussion of this
work raises the topic of global
warming, and offers an opening
for eco-criticism to address
wider environmental questions.
As a genre, however, cli-fi might be
somewhat limited.
Its reliance on apocalyptic
scenarios and its didactic tendency
need to be examined.
Its short historical perspective
cannot address the long history of fossil-fuelled industrialism.
Critical analysis of more complex
novels by Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan
reveals some contradictory
mplications of recent l
iterary engagement with
climate change, while brief
discussion of earlier fiction
(by Austen, Hardy and Lawrence)
shows how the novel as a genre is
well placed to present
and analyse the ambiguities of progress.
Keywords
Margaret Atwood Cli-fi Dan Bloom
The Cli-Fi Report
Climate change Global warming
Eco-criticism Industrialism
Ian McEwan Progress Speculative fiction
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