The English Department at the College of Education at Al-Qadisiyah University held a training course titled “Exploring Environmental Interconnectedness: A Training Course in Environmental Criticism and Climate Fiction (Clay-Fi): A Study of the Novel Gun Island by Lamitav Ghosh.” M.M. Sarah Faisal Mazloum
The course aimed to introduce the term ecology or environmental science. It also addressed several studies in this field and the following concepts: environmental studies (eco-studies), eco-criticism, and climate fiction literature (cli-fi literature). The basic views of prominent theorists in these studies were mentioned, which distinguishes each field from the other.
The differences between climate fiction literature (cli-fi literature) and science fiction literature (ci-fi literature) were also briefly addressed. Although nature is present in the latter, the scientific element is predominant. This is in contrast to climate fiction, in which the changing climate is the primary element. Prominent
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