Literary works play a crucial role in modelling and conceptualising temporalities. This becomes particularly apparent in times of crises, which put conventionalised temporal patterns and routines under pressure. During crises, past, present, and future appear to collapse into each other and give way to temporal disjunction and rupture. Offering pluralised and context-sensitive approaches to temporalities in and of crises, this volume explores how literature's engagement with crises suggests both the need for and possibility of rethinking 'time'. The volume is committed to examining the affordances of specific genres and their potential in pointing beyond temporalities of crises to facilitate a sense of futurity. Individual essays are grounded in recent theories of temporality and literary form, which are related to novel advancements in ecocriticism, queer studies, affect theory, and postcolonial studies. The chapters cover a broad range of examples from different literary genres to reveal the knowledge of literature about temporalities in and of crises.
| ISBN: | 9781032390376 |
| Publication date: | 18th December 2024 |
| Author: | Sibylle Baumbach, Birgit Neumann |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Social and cultural anthropology |
Literary works play a crucial role in modelling and conceptualising temporalities. This becomes particularly apparent in times of crises, which put conventionalised temporal patterns and routines under pressure. During crises, past, present, and future appear to collapse into each other and give way to temporal disjunction and rupture. Offering pluralised and context-sensitive approaches to temporalities in and of crises, this volume explores how literature's engagement with crises suggests both the need for and possibility of rethinking 'time'. The volume is committed to examining the affordances of specific genres and their potential in pointing beyond temporalities of crises to facilitate a sense of futurity. Individual essays are grounded in recent theories of temporality and literary form, which are related to novel advancements in ecocriticism, queer studies, affect theory, and postcolonial studies. The chapters cover a broad range of examples from different literary genres to reveal the knowledge of literature about temporalities in and of crises.
Temporalities In/of Crises in Anglophone Literatures features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Social and cultural anthropology
Temporalities In/of Crises in Anglophone Literatures is available in Paperback
Temporalities In/of Crises in Anglophone Literatures was written by Sibylle Baumbach, Birgit Neumann and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Temporalities In/of Crises in Anglophone Literatures has 216 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature series
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