Posted on 03/06/2016 10:13:30 AM PST by Olog-hai
Colleges and universities worldwide are incorporating into their curriculums the evolving genre of literature that focuses on the changes coming to Earth as the result of climate change — "cli-fi."
Some of the books and movies now being considered part of the genre are old classics, while others were written more recently in direct response to today's changing climate.
"It's a very, very energized time for this where people in literature have just as much to say as people who are in hard science fields, or technology and design fields, or various social-science approaches to these things," said Jennifer Wicke, an English professor at the University of Virginia who will be teaching a course this June on climate fiction at the Bread Loaf campus of Middlebury College in Ripton, Vermont. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...
Well, give them credit. At least they admit it.
Indeed, whether they realize it or not. When the enemy puts foot in mouth, why should we help him take it out?
Leftist indoctrnation becomes classic literature ... is it any wonder the nation is sliding quickly into utter ruin?
I thought this was a Porn sub genre...
Cli-fi. It used to be called ‘science class’.
I’m surprised they are still calling it “fiction.”
Asspress is on a roll today. They must have got their psyche meds refilled.
Jennifer Wicke, an English professor at the University of Virginia who will be teaching a course this June on climate fiction at the Bread Loaf campus of Middlebury College in Ripton, Vermont. ...
Talk about your soft gigs...
Cli-fi has been around as part of sci fi for many decades. Nothing new here.
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