W kręgu fikcji klimatycznej (climate fiction). Na marginesie lektury „Lotu motyla” Barbary Kingsolver oraz „Jasności” Mai Wolny
In the circle of climate fiction. On the side of reading Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behaviour and Maja Wolny’s Brightness

Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to the analysis of a new literary genre which is climate fiction. The term became popular in the second decade of the 21st century. Some scientists perceive cli-fi as a kind of science fiction due to its post-apocalyptic themes. Others, in turn, treat cli-fi as a sub-genre of speculative fiction, using various conventions (e.g. thriller, science fiction, realistic prose). Contrary to fantasy, cli-fi has a didactic function and is a kind of warning against a catastrophe imminent humanity. Popular themes in cli-fi include: floods, deforestation, extinction of animal species, disasters caused by an explosion in nuclear power plants. In this article, the author is interested in two novels classified as cli-fi. The first one (Flight Behaviour by Kingsolver) uses realistic poetics to describe the phenomenon of global warming. The second one (Brightness by Wolny), the first Polish cli-fi, uses post-apocalyptic poetics, showing the effects of the explosion at the nuclear power plant in the town of Bethlem.

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