Characterising the Anthropocene - Ecological Degradation in Italian Twenty-First Century Literary Writing

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.

Sommario

Chemical Pollution - Changes in Land Use - Translocality

Info autore

Alessandro Macilenti obtained a doctoral degree at the Victoria University of Wellington. His research interests include the educational and communicative potential of literary writing depicting radical environmental degradation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alessandro Macilenti
• Con la collaborazione di: Serenella Iovino (Editore)
• Editore: Peter Lang
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.03.2018
• EAN: 9783631732793
• ISBN: 978-3-631-73279-3
• Pagine: 212
• Dimensioni: 148 mm x 19 mm x 210 mm
• Peso: 356 g
• Illustrazioni: 4 Abb.
• Serie: Studies in Literature, Culture, and the Environment / Studien zu Literatur, Kultur und Umwelt
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata