Appupen’s Posthuman Gothic
The Snake and the Lotus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11678091 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pramod K Nayar (0000-0003-2317-6570, Department of English, The University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 70-85 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Asian Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-9527 • E-ISSN: 2573-9476 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02759527.2018.1515802 |
| OpenAlex | W2899277428 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 18 |
Appupen’s The Snake and the Lotus is a dystopic work that instantiates, the essay argues, a posthuman Gothic. The horror of this version of the Gothic is inaugurated by a collapsed world, and is Appupen’s first move. This environmental theme in the text, cast as an ecological Gothic, examines the transformation of the city into a monstrous structure. The second part of the essay turns to the reconfigurations of the human form and a monstrous sexuality. In the third section I argue that Appupen’s vision of this dystopia concludes with critical posthuman ecology, marked by coexistence and mutual dependence
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Biology · Literature · Lotus · Posthuman · Visual arts · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Modern American Literature Studies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |