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.
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.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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
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