German Ecocriticism in the Anthropocene
Author | : Caroline Schaumann |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2017-04-18 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1137542225 |
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This book offers essays on both canonical and non-canonical German-language texts and films, advancing ecocritical models for German Studies, and introducing environmental issues in German literature and film to a broader audience. This volume contextualizes the broad-ranging topics and authors in terms of the Anthropocene, beginning with Goethe and the Romantics and extending into twenty-first-century literature and film. Addressing the growing need for environmental awareness in an international humanities curriculum, this book complements ecocritical analyses emerging from North American and British studies with a specifically German Studies perspective, opening the door to a transnational understanding of how the environment plays an integral role in cultural, political, and economic issues.