英語圏文学と気候変動との闘い Anglophone Literature and the Fight against Climate Change (Environmental Cultures)

Stephan, Matthias

Bloomsbury Academic（2026/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 240 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781350420526

Full Description

Offering a methodology for identifying particularly impactful literary narratives of climate change, this open access book examines a range of Anglophone fiction authors such as Margaret Atwood, Paolo Bacigalupi, Ian McEwan, Louise Erdrich, Octavia E. Butler and Sarah Hall, as well as films such as The Day After Tomorrow and Snowpiercer.

Firstly, this book looks at which narratives, historically, have had an impact on social consciousness. Secondly, it considers the impact of popular and established strategies. Finally, it suggests emphasizing alternative narrative strategies, which it suggests can have a greater impact by causing people to act. This allows a more solid approach to assessing the effectiveness of literary narratives on global issues.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective

Contents

Introduction: A Call to Arms
1. Show and/or Tell?: The Impact on Literary Narratives
Section 2. The Canonical Narratives
2. The Apocalyptic Narrative
3. The Posthuman Narrative
4. The 'Canonical' Literary Narrative
Section 3. The Proposed Narratives
5. Gothecology, Local and Affective Narratives
6. Nostalgic Narratives
7. Climate Trauma Narratives
Conclusion: What can literary narratives do?
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