Anthropocene Affordances: Scale, Narrative Form, and the Human in Us-american Literature - Couverture souple

Pfeifer, Lena

 
9783837679335: Anthropocene Affordances: Scale, Narrative Form, and the Human in Us-american Literature
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ISBN 10 : 3837679330 ISBN 13 : 9783837679335
Editeur : Transcript Verlag, 2025

Synopsis

The current historical moment, often referred to as the Anthropocene, is defined by profound human influence on the planetary system. Lena Pfeifer examines how contemporary US-American literature negotiates the political, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by the Anthropocene. Connecting new formalist approaches with theories of scale, she develops the concept of »Anthropocene affordances« as a new methodological framework for analyzing narrative responses to the recent ecological crisis that reconfigure conventional forms and narrative strategies to critically discuss the role of the human as a geological force. ---

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À propos de l'auteur

Lena Pfeifer received her doctorate in American Studies/Environmental Humanities at Universität Würzburg, where she has been working as a research assistant since 2021. Her research focuses on how literature and culture respond to the ecological crisis.

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Éditeur
Transcript Verlag
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3837679330
ISBN 13 
9783837679335
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
310
Coordonnées du fabricant
live@transcript-verlag.de
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