Sylvia Mayer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5137674 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sylvia Mayer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sylvia |
| FAMILY NAME | Mayer |
| SIGNATURE | MAYER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bayreuth |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Environmental Risk Fiction and Ecocriticism
Ecocriticism has been at the forefront of introducing risk theory and risk research to literary and cultural studies. The essay surveys this more recent trend in ecocritical scholarship, which began with the new millennium and has focused on the participation of fictional texts in various environmental risk discourses. The study of risk fiction draws our attention to cultural moments of uncertainty, threat, and instability, to risk scenarios both…
World Risk Society and Ecoglobalism: Risk, Literature, and the Anthropocene
The Anticipation of Catastrophe: Environmental Risk in North American Literature and Culture
Nature in Literary and Cultural Studies: Defining the Subject of Ecocriticism — An Introduction
Preliminary Material
Index
Literary Studies, Ecofeminism and Environmentalist Knowledge Production in the Humanities
Based on the premise that the current environmental crisis is, in fact, a cultural crisis the essay delineates why and how the field of literary studies – conceived as a part of cultural studies – can and must contribute to environmentalist efforts. It opens with observations on the conceptualising and world-shaping power of language and texts, then introduces premises and key categories of the scholarly discipline of ecofeminism, and, finally, i…
Nature in Literary and Cultural Studies: Transatlantic Conversations on Ecocriticism
Catrin GERSDORF and Sylvia MAYER: Nature in literary and cultural studies: defining the subject of ecocriticism - an introduction Theorizing the nature of ecocriticism Louise WESTLING: Literature, the environment, and the question of the posthuman Hubert ZAPF: The state of ecocriticism and the function of literature as cultural ecology Christa GREWE-VOLPP: Nature out there and as social player: some basic consequences for a literary ecocritical a…
Nature in Literary and Cultural Studies: Transatlantic Conversations on Ecocriticism
Catrin GERSDORF and Sylvia MAYER: Nature in literary and cultural studies: defining the subject of ecocriticism - an introduction Theorizing the nature of ecocriticism Louise WESTLING: Literature, the environment, and the question of the posthuman Hubert ZAPF: The state of ecocriticism and the function of literature as cultural ecology Christa GREWE-VOLPP: Nature out there and as social player: some basic consequences for a literary ecocritical a…
Nature in Literary and Cultural Studies: Defining the Subject of Ecocriticism — An Introduction
Preliminary Material
Index
Literary Studies, Ecofeminism and Environmentalist Knowledge Production in the Humanities
Based on the premise that the current environmental crisis is, in fact, a cultural crisis the essay delineates why and how the field of literary studies – conceived as a part of cultural studies – can and must contribute to environmentalist efforts. It opens with observations on the conceptualising and world-shaping power of language and texts, then introduces premises and key categories of the scholarly discipline of ecofeminism, and, finally, i…
Nature in Literary and Cultural Studies: Transatlantic Conversations on Ecocriticism
Catrin GERSDORF and Sylvia MAYER: Nature in literary and cultural studies: defining the subject of ecocriticism - an introduction Theorizing the nature of ecocriticism Louise WESTLING: Literature, the environment, and the question of the posthuman Hubert ZAPF: The state of ecocriticism and the function of literature as cultural ecology Christa GREWE-VOLPP: Nature out there and as social player: some basic consequences for a literary ecocritical a…
The Anticipation of Catastrophe: Environmental Risk in North American Literature and Culture
World Risk Society and Ecoglobalism: Risk, Literature, and the Anthropocene
Environmental Risk Fiction and Ecocriticism
Ecocriticism has been at the forefront of introducing risk theory and risk research to literary and cultural studies. The essay surveys this more recent trend in ecocritical scholarship, which began with the new millennium and has focused on the participation of fictional texts in various environmental risk discourses. The study of risk fiction draws our attention to cultural moments of uncertainty, threat, and instability, to risk scenarios both…
Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (7 works) · Environmental ethics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Ecocriticism (5 works) · Literary criticism (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Anthropology (4 works)