Sökning: "Flood fiction"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Flood fiction.

1. 1. Hundraårsflöden : översvämningsskildringar i svensk samtidsprosa

   Författare :Malin Löf Nyqvist; Annelie Bränström Öhman; Maria Lindgren Leavenworth; Jerry Määttä; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Flood fiction; speculative fiction; climate fiction; disaster novels; ecocriticism; econarratology; blue humanities; deluge; Mikael Niemi; Conny Palmkvist; Nils Håkanson; Mats Söderlund; Översvämningsfiktion; spekulativ fiktion; klimatfiktion; katastrofromaner; ekokritik; ekonarratologi; blå humaniora; syndaflod; Mikael Niemi; Conny Palmkvist; Nils Håkanson; Mats Söderlund; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The flood motif is one of the oldest in literary history, stretching back to the deluge myths in many cultures. It has influenced Western culture throughout the ages, perhaps most notably in the form of the biblical story about Noah’s Ark, continuously taking on new forms and connotations. LÄS MER

3. 2. Margaret Atwood's Environmentalism : Apocalypse and Satire in the MaddAddam Trilogy

   Författare :Marinette Grimbeek; Maria Holmgren Troy; Magnus Ullén; Sylvia Mayer; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Margaret Atwood; MaddAddam Trilogy; environmentalism; apocalypse; satire; celebrity activism; metalepsis; commodity aesthetics; storytelling; English; Engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This study considers the way in which Margaret Atwood’s post-apocalyptic MaddAddam Trilogy functions as an environmental project. The main focus is on how the three novels, Oryx and Crake (2003), The Year of the Flood (2009), and MaddAddam (2013), simultaneously draw on and destabilise the apocalypticism inherent in so much environmental discourse, primarily through the use of satire. LÄS MER