Characterising the Anthropocene

Ecological Degradation in Italian Twenty-First Century Literary Writing

von Alessandro Macilenti

212 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book applies the analytical methods of third-wave ecocriticism to selected twenty-first century Italian literary works. Turning abstract issues into narrative form, literary writing increases awareness of environmental issues as well as exerting a deep emotive influence on its readership. The author analyses Roberto Saviano's «Gomorra», Kai Zen's «Delta blues», Wu Ming's «Previsioni del tempo», Simona Vinci's «Rovina», Giancarlo di Cataldo's «Fuoco!», Laura Pugno's «Sirene», and Alessandra Montrucchio's «E poi la sete». He demonstrates that these works offer an invaluable opportunity to communicate meaningfully and accessibly the discomforting truths of global environmental change.

• Reihe: Studies in Literature, Culture, and the Environment / Studien zu Literatur, Kultur und Umwelt
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein Ab 2000
• ISBN: 9783631732793
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.03.2018
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften