Narrating the Mesh

Name: Narrating the Mesh
Brand: University of Virginia Press
SKU: 9780813945828
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Form and Story in the Anthropocene

Autor: Marco Caracciolo

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A hierarchical model of human societies' relations with the natural world is at the root of today's...

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Autor

Marco Caracciolo

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2021

Pagini

232

EAN

9780813945828

ISBN

0813945828

Enbook ID

33337902

Editura

University of Virginia Press

Greutate

548

Dimensiuni

152 x 229 x 19

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A hierarchical model of human societies' relations with the natural world is at the root of today's climate crisis; Narrating the Mesh contends that narrative form is instrumental in countering this ideology. Drawing inspiration from Timothy Morton's concept of the "mesh" as a metaphor for the human-nonhuman relationship in the face of climate change, Marco Caracciolo investigates how narratives in genres such as the novel and the short story employ formal devices to effectively channel the entanglement of human communities and nonhuman phenomena.

How can narrative undermine linearity in order to reject notions of unlimited technological progress and economic growth? What does it mean to say that nonhuman materials and processes--from contaminated landscapes to natural evolution--can become characters in stories? And, conversely, how can narrative trace the rising awareness of climate change in the thick of human characters' mental activities? These are some of the questions Narrating the Mesh addresses by engaging with contemporary works by Ted Chiang, Emily St. John Mandel, Richard Powers, Jeff VanderMeer, Jeanette Winterson, and many others. Entering interdisciplinary debates on narrative and the Anthropocene, this book explores how stories can bridge the gap between scientific models of the climate and the human-scale world of everyday experience, powerfully illustrating the complexity of the ecological crisis at multiple levels.

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