Raziskovanje okoljskega apokalipticizma
Prenaseljenost v treh distopičnih kratkih zgodbah
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https://doi.org/10.4312/ars.18.1.101-113Ključne besede:
distopična literatura, ekokritika, okoljski apokalipticizemPovzetek
V antropocenski dobi predstavlja prenaseljenost pereč okoljski izziv. Ko ljudje zavzemajo osrednjo vlogo kot ekološki akterji, postane jasno spoznanje, da dosedanji netrajnostni odnosi med človekom in nečlovekom ne varujejo planeta za prihodnje generacije. Distopična literatura se pojavlja kot močno sredstvo za kontekstualizacijo potencialnega okoljskega apokalipticizma, ki bi lahko opredelil našo prihodnost – svet, ki so ga oblikovale nepopravljive katastrofe, in družbe, ki se obupno spopadajo s prilagajanjem. Ta članek se ukvarja s ponavljajočo se temo prenaseljenosti v treh distopičnih kratkih zgodbah: “2 B R 0 2 B” Kurta Vonneguta, “Billennium” Jamesa Grahama Ballarda in “Amaryllis” Carrie Vaughn. V nasprotju z idiličnimi kraljestvi utopične literature te pripovedi prikazujejo ostro sliko groze in obupa v boju človeštva s pojemanjem virov. Z ekokritiško analizo ta študija poudarja resnost prenaseljenosti kot preteče grožnje v bližnji prihodnosti, njena upodobitev v distopični literaturi pa nas nedvoumno opozarja, da ne smemo dopustiti uničenja trajnostne Zemlje.
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