Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction

Narrating the Future

Tereza Dedinová, Weronika Laszkiewicz, Sylwia Borowska-Szerszun (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

276 Seiten

2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-3663-8 (ISBN)

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In order to demonstrate that speculative fiction provides a valuable contribution to the discussion about the challenges of the Anthropocene, Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction investigates a range of novels whose subject matter pertains to various aspects of the Anthropocene. These include the destruction and protection of the natural environment, the relationship between human and non-human inhabitants of the planet, the role of myth in the shaping of and combat against the Anthropocene, the political dimensions of the Anthropocene, the ensuing threat of the Apocalypse, and the role of post-apocalyptic narratives. To explore these topics our authors examine the works of Patricia Briggs, M.R. Carey, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Ursula K. Le Guin, N.K. Jemisin, Stephenie Meyer, China Miéville, James Patterson, Maggie Stiefvater, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Scott Westfield. Their essays demonstrate that speculative fiction, given its ability to pursue scenarios of alternative history and present familiar things in an unfamiliar way, can alter the readers’ perception of their duties and responsibilities towards their communities and the world, so that the threat of human-wrought destruction might ultimately be averted.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Co-Autor	Anna Bugajska, Britta Maria Colligs
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 239 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
	Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-7936-3663-X / 179363663X
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-3663-8 / 9781793636638
Zustand	Neuware