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 Biäystok. Tereza D¿dinová is assistant professor of arts at Masaryk University. Weronika ¿aszkiewicz is assistant professor in philology at the University of Biäystok.
Inhaltsangabe
The Anthropocene And Speculative Fiction: Introduction, Tereza D dinová, Weronika aszkiewicz, Sylwia Borowska-SzerszunPart I: Nature and Culture in the AnthropoceneChapter 1: "The Being That Can Be Told": The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin as a Remedy for the Anthropocene, Tereza D dinováChapter 2: Young Adult Fantasy to Save the World? Retelling the Quest in Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle, Carrie SpencerChapter 3: The Forest as a Voice for Nature: Ecocriticism in Fantasy Literature, Britta Maria ColligsChapter 4: The Fantasy of Wilderness: Reconfiguring Heroism in the Anthropocene, Facing the Age of Ecocentrism, Lykke Guanio-UluruPart II: (Post)Apocalyptic World and the AnthropoceneChapter 5: Anthropocene vs Plague: Disastrous Diseases and their Impact on Society as Seen in Literature, from Thucydides to Modern Speculative Fiction, Ji í JelínekChapter 6: Fantasy, Myth, and the End of Humanity in M.R. Carey's The Girl With All The Gifts, Maria QuigleyChapter 7: Beyond the Anthropocene: Human Enhancement, Mythology, and Utopia in James Patterson's Maximum Ride Cycle, Anna BugajskaChapter 8: At the Crossroads of Ideas: The Russian View on the Anthropocene in Metro Series by Dmitry Glukhovsky, Joanna Krystyna RadoszPart III: Society and Politics in the AnthropoceneChapter 9: Apocalyptic Visions: N.K. Jemisin's The Stone Sky and the Sociocultural Origins of the Anthropocene, Keygan SandsChapter 10: The Politics of Language and Culture in China Miéville's Novel Embassytown, Aleksandr KolesnikovChapter 11: Mythological Aspects of Immigration in Fantasy: Case Study Of Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega Series by Patricia Briggs, Dariya KhokhelChapter 12: The Development of Realist Speculative Narratives to Represent and Confront the Anthropocene, Dwight Tanner
The Anthropocene And Speculative Fiction: Introduction, Tereza D dinová, Weronika aszkiewicz, Sylwia Borowska-SzerszunPart I: Nature and Culture in the AnthropoceneChapter 1: "The Being That Can Be Told": The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin as a Remedy for the Anthropocene, Tereza D dinováChapter 2: Young Adult Fantasy to Save the World? Retelling the Quest in Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle, Carrie SpencerChapter 3: The Forest as a Voice for Nature: Ecocriticism in Fantasy Literature, Britta Maria ColligsChapter 4: The Fantasy of Wilderness: Reconfiguring Heroism in the Anthropocene, Facing the Age of Ecocentrism, Lykke Guanio-UluruPart II: (Post)Apocalyptic World and the AnthropoceneChapter 5: Anthropocene vs Plague: Disastrous Diseases and their Impact on Society as Seen in Literature, from Thucydides to Modern Speculative Fiction, Ji í JelínekChapter 6: Fantasy, Myth, and the End of Humanity in M.R. Carey's The Girl With All The Gifts, Maria QuigleyChapter 7: Beyond the Anthropocene: Human Enhancement, Mythology, and Utopia in James Patterson's Maximum Ride Cycle, Anna BugajskaChapter 8: At the Crossroads of Ideas: The Russian View on the Anthropocene in Metro Series by Dmitry Glukhovsky, Joanna Krystyna RadoszPart III: Society and Politics in the AnthropoceneChapter 9: Apocalyptic Visions: N.K. Jemisin's The Stone Sky and the Sociocultural Origins of the Anthropocene, Keygan SandsChapter 10: The Politics of Language and Culture in China Miéville's Novel Embassytown, Aleksandr KolesnikovChapter 11: Mythological Aspects of Immigration in Fantasy: Case Study Of Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega Series by Patricia Briggs, Dariya KhokhelChapter 12: The Development of Realist Speculative Narratives to Represent and Confront the Anthropocene, Dwight Tanner
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