Marco Mancassola: Literature without Posterity

Authors

  • Marco Mancassola

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13136/2724-4202/1462

Keywords:

Anthropocene, Realism, Apocalypse, Posterity, Autofiction, Extinction

Abstract

Mancassola explores some critical issues relating to realist novels dealing with the Anthropocene and climate change. Starting with Amitav Ghosh’s essay on that theme, and with reference to a selection of contemporary Italian essays, novels, and other contributions, the author defends a form of writing which, to be truly credible, deals with the uncomfortable hyper-truths of the current climate change and does not limit itself to a fashionable use of a dismissive kind of autofiction.

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Published

2023-12-23

Issue

Section

Editorial