Characterising the Anthropocene: Ecological Degradation in Italian Twenty-First Century Literary Writing - Hardcover

by Serenella Iovino (Editor), Alessandro Macilenti (Author)

This book applies the analytical methods of third-wave ecocriticism to selected twenty-first century Italian literary works. Turning abstract issues into narrative form, literary writing increases awareness of environmental issues as well as exerting a deep emotive influence on its readership. The author analyses Roberto Saviano's Gomorra , Kai Zen's Delta blues , Wu Ming's Previsioni del tempo , Simona Vinci's Rovina , Giancarlo di Cataldo's Fuoco! , Laura Pugno's Sirene , and Alessandra Montrucchio's E poi la sete . He demonstrates that these works offer an invaluable opportunity to communicate meaningfully and accessibly the discomforting truths of global environmental change.

Author Biography

Alessandro Macilenti obtained a doctoral degree at the Victoria University of Wellington. His research interests include the educational and communicative potential of literary writing depicting radical environmental degradation.