Anthropocene Affordances : Scale, Narrative Form, and the Human in US-American Literature

Lena Pfeifer

ISBN 10: 3837679330 / ISBN 13: 9783837679335

Edité par Transcript Verlag Nov 2025, 2025

Neuware - 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. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783837679335

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. ---

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.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Anthropocene Affordances : Scale, Narrative ...
Éditeur : Transcript Verlag Nov 2025
Date d'édition : 2025
Reliure : Taschenbuch
Etat : Neu