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Record 1 2023-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Literature
  • Climate Change
CONT

Climate fiction, or cli-fi, is a form of speculative fiction that features a changed or changing climate as a major plot device.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Littérature
  • Changements climatiques
DEF

Fiction d'anticipation qui traite du changement climatique et de ses conséquences possibles.

OBS

fiction climatique : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 25 juin 2019.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Literatura
  • Cambio climático
CONT

La expresión ficción climática es una alternativa válida en español al anglicismo cli-fi, que alude a un género de películas y novelas, entre otras obras de creación, relacionadas con las posibles consecuencias catastróficas del cambio climático.

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