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Oduczanie się człowieczeństwa: fantastyka i antropocen
Unlearning to Be Human: Fantasy and the Anthropocene

Author(s): Joanna Bednarek
Subject(s): Fiction, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature, Ontology
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: anthropocene; anthropocentrism; science fiction and fantasy; weird fiction;

Summary/Abstract: Anthropocene and global warming pose a challenge to fiction. How to write about it? Is it at all possible to render in words the way they transform our perception and emotions? My thesis is that it is science fiction and fantasy that tackle this problem best – especially the kind of science fiction and fantasy that seemingly is not “about” climate change.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 118-133
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish