French ''Ecocritique'' - Reading Contemporary French Theory and Fiction Ecologically

French Écocritique is the first book-length study of the culturally specific ways in which contemporary French literature and theory raise questions about nature and environment.

List of contents

INTRODUCTION - Ecological Readings
CHAPTER ONE - Ecological Subjectivity: Guattari and Darrieussecq
CHAPTER TWO - Ecological Dwelling: Serres and Lafon 
CHAPTER THREE - Ecological Politics: Latour and Rufin
CHAPTER FOUR - Ecological Ends: Schaeffer and Houellebecq
CONCLUSION - Further Ecological Readings
Bibliography

About the author

Stephanie Posthumus is an assistant professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University.

Summary

French Écocritique is the first book-length study of the culturally specific ways in which contemporary French literature and theory raise questions about nature and environment.

Product details

• Authors: Craig Heron, Stephanie Posthumus, Dan Zuberi
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2017
• EAN: 9781487501457
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0145-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: University of Toronto Romance Series; University of Toronto Romance; University of Toronto Romance Series; University of Toronto Romance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology