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040			_aIN-BhIIT
041			_aeng
082			_a813.60936 _bJON/C
100			_aJohns-Putra, Adeline _eAuthor _917924
245			_aClimate change and the contemporary novel / _cAdeline Johns-Putra
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2019.
300			_axi, 186 p. : _c23 cm
504			_aInclude reference and Index.
520			_aClimate change is becoming a major theme in the contemporary novel, as authors reflect concerns in wider society. Given the urgency and enormity of the problem, can literature (and the emotional response it provokes) play a role in answering the complex ethical issues that arise because of climate change? This book shows that conventional fictional techniques should not be disregarded as inadequate to the demands of climate change; rather, fiction has the potential to challenge us, emotionally and ethically, to reconsider our relationship to the future. Adeline Johns-Putra focuses on the dominant theme of intergenerational ethics in the contemporary novel: that is, the idea of our obligation to future generations as a basis for environmental action. Rather than simply framing parenthood and posterity in sentimental terms, the climate change novel uses their emotional appeal to critique their anthropocentricism and identity politics, offering radical alternatives instead.
650			_aClimatic changes in literature _917891
650			_aAmerican fiction _94272
650			_aClimatic changes _95469
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