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Ecocriticism

Meaning in literature, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In literature, ecocriticism means: The study of relationships between literature and the physical environment.

In Turkish: ekoeleştiri

How it is used

Use to study landscapes, animals and environmental values, including what a text ignores.

Example sentences

  1. Through ecocriticism, we asked why the mine's damage remains outside the narrator's view.

    The analysis examines an environmental absence as well as description.

  2. Her ecocriticism essay studies the river as a habitat rather than only a symbol of time.

    The river's material life receives attention alongside its symbolic role.

Common collocations

  • apply ecocriticism
  • ecocriticism and literature
  • settingThe time and place in which a story happens, including its social background, historical period and atmosphere.
  • literary criticismThe study, interpretation and evaluation of literary works, including discussion of their meaning, form, context and value.

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