Interdisciplinary vs Ecocriticism - What's the difference?
interdisciplinary | ecocriticism |
Of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.
Of something linking multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study together.
The interdisciplinary study of literature and ecology.
* 1998 , Patrick D Murphy, Terry Gifford, Katsunori Yamazato, Literature of nature: an international sourcebook?
* 2003 , Roger Thompson, J Scott Bryson, Twentieth-century American nature writers: prose?
* 2007 , Fiona Becket, Terry Gifford, Culture, creativity and environment: new environmentalist criticism
As an adjective interdisciplinary
is of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.As a noun ecocriticism is
the interdisciplinary study of literature and ecology.interdisciplinary
English
(Interdisciplinarity)Adjective
(-)- This journal is interdisciplinary : it has articles on everything from biology to electrical engineering.
- The interdisciplinary co-operation at this university is very impressive.
ecocriticism
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Noun
(-) (wikipedia ecocriticism)- A chapter on North Woods writers is an ideal project in which to engage the fundamental issues of ecocriticism .
- The emergence of ecocriticism as a distinct field of inquiry parallels the reemergence of literary critic as cultural activist...
- In this light, the current volume is a work of ecocriticism , although not all the contributors would wish to define themselves first and foremost as ecocritics.