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The article investigates the literary anthropocene scenarios proposed by José María Merino in the short stories collection Noticias del Antropoceno (2021). This politically committed work reframes the narrative on the human-nature relationship in a realist perspective, a novelty in comparison with the author's previous writings of fantastic genre. Starting from theoretical reflections on the concept of "Anthropocene", a number of short stories from the volume are examined, thereby ascribing the collection the category of literary ecology. The analysis of extreme but real settings in the stories, such as the plastic island or 'Pacific trash vortex', shows how literature can make environmental catastrophe visible, in order to promote ecological ethics and awaken the dormant consciences of readers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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