Re-Imagining the Limits of the Human
Published on 12. April 2019
Book
Hardback
146 pages
978-3-631-78054-1 (ISBN)
Description
The essays collected in this book touch upon-from a variety of perspectives-the question of how the understanding of what is human has changed in the twenty-first century. The authors, exploring the intersection between postcolonial theory, posthumanism and environmental studies, provide a wider reflection concerned with the changing perception of the human in the contemporary world and examine its literary representations. The literary works selected for analysis include those of Margaret Atwood, J. M. Coetzee, Lisa Jarnot, Amitav Gosh, Alain Mabanckou, Barbara Kingsolver, Philip K. Dick and William Shakespeare.
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Persons
Patrycja Austin is Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Rzeszów, Poland. She specialises in postcolonial literature, ecocriticism and posthumanism.
Elzbieta Rokosz-Piejko is Associate Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Rzeszów, Poland. She specialises in adaptation studies.
Content
Anthropocene - Ecocriticism - Animal studies - Environmental studies - Postcolonial studies - Posthumanism - Eco-urbanism - Environmental humanities - Ecopoetics - Environmental justice - Margaret Atwood - J. M. Coetzee - Lisa Jarnot - Amitav Gosh - Alain Mabanckou - Barbara Kingsolver - Philip K. Dick - William Shakespeare