Fossil capitalist realism: Contemporary fiction and climate inaction

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24K16010
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
Research Institution	International Christian University
Principal Investigator	Ravenscroft Claire 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 助教 (90951757)
Project Period (FY)	2024-04-01 – 2027-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000) Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2025: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2024: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Keywords	Contemporary literature / American literature / Environmental humanities / Energy humanities / Climate inaction
Outline of Research at the Start	Why does climate inaction persist amid widespread awareness of global warming? This project, "Fossil capitalist realism: contemporary fiction and climate inaction," examines works of U.S. and world literature to understand the contradiction between awareness and inaction, with a focus on novels from the carbon-intensive Global North and the genres of realism and science fiction.