Group III: Special Topics I

In 2000, scientists informally proposed a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene. In 2009, the International Union of Geological Sciences began to consider this proposal in earnest. In 2024, it was rejected. Nonetheless, the idea of the Anthropocene persists as a reminder that human activity is now so far-reaching as to have altered the fabric of the planet. With that awareness comes an ethical dilemma: how do we prevent and redress negative impacts on the world카지노 게임 컬렉션™s ecosystems? This, in turn, presents a creative and representational challenge: how do we recognise and reimagine this responsibility?

Through a series of readings, this course explores concepts from literary studies and the wider humanities that attempt to address just these questions. We will consider, among others, solarpunk, dystopianism, apocalypticism, ecofeminism, indigenous futurism, climate justice, and multispecies justice. We will read novels such as Sarah Hall카지노 게임 컬렉션™s The Carhullan Army (published in the US as Daughters of the North), Cormac McCarthy카지노 게임 컬렉션™s The Road, John Lanchester카지노 게임 컬렉션™s The Wall, and Richard Powers카지노 게임 컬렉션™s The Overstory, and a range of short stories and poems by, among others, Helen Simpson and Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner.