Climate Change Literacy
Climate Change Literacy by Julia Hoydis, published by Cambridge University Press on June 22, 2023, is a concise exploration of the intersection between literary studies and environmental issues. This 75-page work addresses the growing field of research in the environmental humanities, focusing on how literary reading can enhance climate change communication. Hoydis challenges the prevailing science-centered debates by emphasizing the unique contributions of the humanities to discussions on environmental literacy.
In this edition, readers will find a thorough reassessment of the cognitive, affective, and pedagogic potentials of literary writing in relation to climate change. The book analyzes a selection of popular climate novels, illustrating how fiction can foster a deeper understanding of climate issues and encourage meaningful responses. By engaging with these themes, Climate Change Literacy offers insights into the role of literature in addressing contemporary environmental challenges, making it a significant addition to discussions on literary criticism and semiotics.
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This Element presents a necessary intervention within the rapidly expanding field of research in the environmental humanities on climate change and environmental literacy. In contrast to the dominant, science-centred literacy debates, which largely ignore the unique resources of the humanities, it asks: How does literary reading contribute to climate change communication? How does this contribution relate to recent demands for environmental and related literacies? Rather than reducing the function of literature to a more pleasurable form of information transfer or its affective dimension of evoking sympathy, climate change literacy thoroughly reassesses the cognitive, affective, and pedagogic potentials of literary writing. It does so by analysing a selection of popular climate novels and by demonstrating the role of fiction in fostering a more adequate understanding of, and response to, climate change. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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