Anglophone Literature and the Fight Against Climate Change / Matthias Stephan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephan, Matthias, author.

Series:

Environmental Cultures.

Environmental Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Ecofiction.

Criticism.

Climatic changes in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

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? Bibliography

Notes:

Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

ISBN:

1-350-42055-7

OCLC:

1559692554