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Beschreibung
Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction examines how the Anthropocene and its challenges are addressed by contemporary writers in a variety of genres broadly defined as speculative fiction. The book demonstrates that speculative fiction, can alter the readers’ perception of their duties and responsibilities towards their communities.
Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction examines how the Anthropocene and its challenges are addressed by contemporary writers in a variety of genres broadly defined as speculative fiction. The book demonstrates that speculative fiction, can alter the readers’ perception of their duties and responsibilities towards their communities.
Über den Autor

Sylwia Borowska-Szerszun is assistant professor in philology at the University of Bialystok.
Tereza Dedinová is assistant professor in philology at Masaryk University.
Weronika Laszkiewiczis assistant professor in philology at the University of Bialystok.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Anthropocene And Speculative Fiction: Introduction, Tereza Dedinová, Weronika Laszkiewicz, Sylwia Borowska-Szerszun
Part I: Nature and Culture in the Anthropocene
Chapter 1: "The Being That Can Be Told": The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin as a Remedy for the Anthropocene, Tereza Dedinová
Chapter 2: Young Adult Fantasy to Save the World? Retelling the Quest in Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle, Carrie Spencer
Chapter 3: The Forest as a Voice for Nature: Ecocriticism in Fantasy Literature, Britta Maria Colligs
Chapter 4: The Fantasy of Wilderness: Reconfiguring Heroism in the Anthropocene, Facing the Age of Ecocentrism, Lykke Guanio-Uluru
Part II: (Post)Apocalyptic World and the Anthropocene
Chapter 5: Anthropocene vs Plague: Disastrous Diseases and their Impact on Society as Seen in Literature, from Thucydides to Modern Speculative Fiction, Jirí Jelínek
Chapter 6: Fantasy, Myth, and the End of Humanity in M.R. Carey's The Girl With All The Gifts, Maria Quigley
Chapter 7: Beyond the Anthropocene: Human

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781793636652
ISBN-10: 1793636656
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Dedinová, Tereza
Laszkiewicz, Weronika
Borowska-Szerszun, Sylwia
Hersteller: Lexington Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Tereza Dedinová (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.08.2022
Gewicht: 0,456 kg
Artikel-ID: 122914970