KKP academic writitng tips 3 parts(2).pdf
Argument, problem statement
Use clear language that maps it out for the reader (be obvious)
Just use the words: analyse, extend, inform, facilitate etc.
Many problems have been solved, such as the geographic and temporal size of the Anthropocene, while many remain elusive, like how best to write about the changes needed to western capitalism and the human and nonhuman relationship
Problem Statement (Research Problem):
With the climate crisis looming before humanity, writers worldwide are taking it upon themselves to engage with the causes and consequences of anthropogenic climate change. These attempts, broad in genre but bound by intention, have given rise to the term ‘climate fiction’ (Bloom, 2013). In the past two decades, environmental humanities scholars have drawn close attention to the challenges that climate change places on the novel, such as its temporal and geographic size, uneven impacts upon different peoples, its links with western capitalism, its focus on nonhuman agents, and its focus on collective rather than individual responsibility. Despite the large number of climate fiction novels being published, few explore the changes needed to western capitalism and the human and nonhuman relationship. The west’s treatment of the environment is underlined by the fact that its concept of human identity is constructed as outside of nature. This positions the non-human world as passive and lays the foundation for capitalism, and its need for an ever expanding market, to exploit the non-human world for its own goals.
Overarching
With the climate crisis looming before humanity, writers worldwide are taking it upon themselves to engage with the causes and consequences of anthropogenic climate change.
Context
These attempts, broad in genre but bound by intention, have given rise to the term ‘climate fiction’ (Bloom, 2013). In the past two decades, environmental humanities scholars have drawn close attention to the challenges that climate change places on the novel, such as its temporal and geographic size, uneven impacts upon different peoples, its links with western capitalism, its focus on nonhuman agents, and collective rather than individual responsibility.
Problem
Despite the large number of climate fiction novels being published, few explore the changes needed to western capitalism and the human and nonhuman relationship. The west’s treatment of the environment is underlined by the fact that its concept of human identity is constructed as outside of nature. This positions the non-human world as passive, and lays the foundation for capitalism, and its need for an ever expanding market, to exploit the non-human for its own goals.