Anthropocene Affordances

Lena Pfeifer

ISBN 10: 3837679330 / ISBN 13: 9783837679335

Published by Transcript Verlag Nov 2025, 2025

Neuware -The current historical moment, often referred to as the Anthropocene, is defined by profound human influence on the planetary system. Lena Pfeifer examines how contemporary US-American literature negotiates the political, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by the Anthropocene.Connecting new formalist approaches with theories of scale,she develops the concept of 'Anthropocene affordances' as a new methodological framework for analyzing narrative responses to the recent ecological crisis that reconfigure conventional forms and narrative strategies to critically discuss the role of the human as a geological force.transcript Verlag, Hermannstraße 26, 33602 Bielefeld 282 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9783837679335

Synopsis:

The current historical moment, often referred to as the Anthropocene, is defined by profound human influence on the planetary system. Lena Pfeifer examines how contemporary US-American literature negotiates the political, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by the Anthropocene. Connecting new formalist approaches with theories of scale, she develops the concept of »Anthropocene affordances« as a new methodological framework for analyzing narrative responses to the recent ecological crisis that reconfigure conventional forms and narrative strategies to critically discuss the role of the human as a geological force.

About the Author: Lena Pfeifer received her doctorate in American Studies/Environmental Humanities at the University of Würzburg, where she has also been working as a research assistant since 2021. Her research focuses on environmental writing of the 20th and 21st centuries, discourses of the Anthropocene, climate fiction, new formalism, and nuclear cultures.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Anthropocene Affordances
Publisher: Transcript Verlag Nov 2025
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Taschenbuch
Condition: Neu