Book contents
- Nature and Literary Studies
- Cambridge Critical Concepts
- Nature and Literary Studies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Origins
- Part II Development
- Part III Applications
- Chapter 14 Nature, Gender, Sexuality
- Chapter 15 Nature and Race
- Chapter 16 The Nature of Animality
- Chapter 17 Cultivating Nature
- Chapter 18 Narrating Nature
- Chapter 19 Digital Nature
- Chapter 20 Toxic Nature
- Chapter 21 Messages from Within
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 18 - Narrating Nature
Narrative Theory and the Unnatural Nature of Climate Change
from Part III - Applications
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 July 2022
- Nature and Literary Studies
- Cambridge Critical Concepts
- Nature and Literary Studies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Origins
- Part II Development
- Part III Applications
- Chapter 14 Nature, Gender, Sexuality
- Chapter 15 Nature and Race
- Chapter 16 The Nature of Animality
- Chapter 17 Cultivating Nature
- Chapter 18 Narrating Nature
- Chapter 19 Digital Nature
- Chapter 20 Toxic Nature
- Chapter 21 Messages from Within
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
In “Narrating Nature,” Erin James considers how modern literature and theory grapple with the broader timescales, planetary conceptions of space, and inhuman perspectives that representations of climate change demand. Focusing on the “unnatural nature” of climate change, James undertakes a narratological analysis two recent “cli-fi” novels, Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 and Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves. Maintaining a pedagogical emphasis, the chapter foregrounds strategies teachers can use to help students understand and write about climate change. The chapter ultimately considers how narrative can both perpetuate and subvert dominant ideologies about nature and how changing nature is changing the texture of modern narratives.
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- Nature and Literary Studies , pp. 325 - 338Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022