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Literary and critical encounters with the Anthropocene : an interview with Seán Hand
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Zou, Li and Hand, Seán (2023) Literary and critical encounters with the Anthropocene : an interview with Seán Hand. Frontiers of Narrative Studies, 9 (1). pp. 1-13. doi:10.1515/fns-2023-2001 ISSN 2509-4890.
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Abstract
Seán Hand is Professor of French Studies at the University of Warwick and Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Europe) of the University of Warwick. His research mainly focuses on literature, ideas and related developments in France and other Western countries from the early twentieth century to the present day. In this wide-ranging interview, Hand points out that there is a competition of intellectual versions of the Anthropocene, such as Capitalocene, Plantationocene and Chthulucene. With regards to the situation of the Anthropocene, he argues that literary and critical studies should move beyond masterful exposition of a work and take up the task of calling attention to our actions, renewing our connection and commitment to the life-web we inhabit, and engaging critically with technologization discussions. Hand also discusses the relationships between the “post-human turn” and the “non-human turn” and suggests that while post-human is connected with a teleological notion of development into a “beyond”, non-human is more grounded in today’s, and yesterday’s, reality. As an analyst of Emmanuel Levinas’s philosophy, he here maintains that while Levinas’s insights on alterity could not be unproblematically applied in dealing with the “Anthropocene”, Levinasian ethics and Anthropocene concerns could produce transformative insights and effects. Lastly, Hand gives inspiring suggestions on the career development of young scholars and emphasizes the importance of doing multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary and international studies.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > French Studies Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures |
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SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Literature, Modern -- 21st century -- History and criticism, Environmental literature, Critical theory | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Frontiers of Narrative Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2509-4890 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 11 July 2023 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 9 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-13 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1515/fns-2023-2001 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © 2023 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 August 2023 | ||||||||
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