Re-Imagining the Limits of the Human

The collection of articles examines literary representation of the changing perception of the human in the contemporary world. Postcolonial theory, environmental studies and animal studies become a vehicle for analysing selected works of Margaret Atwood, Barbara Kingsolver, J. M. Coetzee, Lisa Jarnot, Alain Mabanckou and Amitav Gosh, among others.

The essays collected in this book *touch uponfrom a variety of perspectivesthe question of how the understanding of what is human* has changed in the twenty-first century. The authors, exploring the intersection between postcolonial theory, posthumanism and environmental studies, provide a wider reflection concerned with the changing perception of the human in the contemporary world and examine its literary representations. The literary works selected for analysis include those of Margaret Atwood, J. M. Coetzee, Lisa Jarnot, Amitav Gosh, Alain Mabanckou, Barbara Kingsolver, Philip K. Dick and William Shakespeare.

Autorentext

Patrycja Austin is Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Rzeszów, Poland. She specialises in postcolonial literature, ecocriticism and posthumanism. El bieta Rokosz-Piejko is Associate Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Rzeszów, Poland. She specialises in adaptation studies.

Klappentext

The essays collected in this book touch upon from a variety of perspectives the question of how the understanding of what is human has changed in the twenty-first century. The authors, exploring the intersection between postcolonial theory, posthumanism and environmental studies, provide a wider reflection concerned with the changing perception of the human in the contemporary world and examine its literary representations. The literary works selected for analysis include those of Margaret Atwood, J. M. Coetzee, Lisa Jarnot, Amitav Gosh, Alain Mabanckou, Barbara Kingsolver, Philip K. Dick and William Shakespeare.

Inhalt

Anthropocene Ecocriticism Animal studies Environmental studies Postcolonial studies Posthumanism Eco-urbanism Environmental humanities Ecopoetics Environmental justice Margaret Atwood J. M. Coetzee Lisa Jarnot Amitav Gosh Alain Mabanckou Barbara Kingsolver Philip K. Dick William Shakespeare