Anthropocene Affordances

Lena Pfeifer

ISBN 10: 3837679330 / ISBN 13: 9783837679335

Published by Transcript Verlag Nov 2025, 2025

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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. 282 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Anthropocene Affordances
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag Nov 2025
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837679330
• ISBN 13: 9783837679335
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 221W x 147H x 25D millimeters 221 millimeters width by 147 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 446 grams

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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.