Climate fiction
A contemporary literary genre addressing climate change, environmental catastrophe, and futures transformed by ecological crisis. Climate fiction ranges from realistic near-future scenarios to dystopian imaginings.
Real World
Margaret Atwood's *MaddAddam* trilogy imagines a near-future Canada devastated by corporate genetic engineering and climate collapse, using a speculative lens to critique real corporations like Monsanto and unchecked biotech capitalism.
Exam Focus
When writing about climate fiction, link the imagined future to the real-world anxieties the writer is commenting on, anchoring AO3 in specific textual detail.
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