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econarratology

econarratology noun: an approach to literary criticism combining aspects of ecocriticism and narratology.

Noun

econarratology (uncountable)

  1. An approach to literary criticism combining aspects of ecocriticism and narratology.
    • In this book, I highlight the way narratives grapple with the often-collapsed concerns of subjectivity, representation, and environment by bringing together narratological and ecocritical concerns via a mode of reading I call econarratology.2015, Erin James, The Storyworld Accord: Econarratology and Postcolonial Narratives, University of Nebraska Press, page xv
    • In the four books exploring the humanism of the Great Story, he expands this biosemiotic analysis to encompass a new econarratology, describing this expansion with an image from aeronautics ...2015, Christopher Watkin, “Michel Serres’ Great Story: From Biosemiotics to Econarratology”, in SubStance, volume 44, number 3, page 174

Origin of econarratology

From eco- + narratology.

Words that rhyme with econarratology

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Questions about econarratology

What does econarratology mean?
Econarratology means an approach to literary criticism combining aspects of ecocriticism and narratology.
What part of speech is econarratology?
Econarratology is a noun.

Words near econarratology in the dictionary

  1. ecomustine
  2. ecomycin
  3. ecomycins
  4. econ
  5. econ.
  6. econarratology
  7. econazi
  8. econazis
  9. econazole
  10. Econian
  11. econiche

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