"Survival is insufficient": The Postapocalyptic Imagination of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven
Postapocalyptic narratives proliferate in contemporary fiction and cinema. A convincing and successful representative of the genre, Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven (2014) can nevertheless be distinguished from other postapocalyptic texts, such as Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (2006), Margaret...
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| Language: | English |
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Institute of English Studies
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies |
| Online Access: | http://www.anglica.ia.uw.edu.pl/images/pdf/27-1-articles/Anglica-27-1-12-Feldner.pdf |
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| Summary: | Postapocalyptic narratives proliferate in contemporary fiction and cinema. A convincing
and successful representative of the genre, Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven (2014)
can nevertheless be distinguished from other postapocalyptic texts, such as Cormac McCarthy’s
The Road (2006), Margaret Atwood’s Maddaddam trilogy, and the television
series The Walking Dead (2010–). The novel does not focus on survival, struggle, and
conflict but rather examines the possibility and necessity of cultural expression in a postapocalyptic
setting, demonstrating the importance and value of art and memory even in
strained circumstances. As a result, it presents an unusually optimistic and hopeful vision
of an otherwise bleak future. |
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| ISSN: | 0860-5734 0860-5734 |