The Positive Impact of Pandemics in Two Selected Speculative Narratives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21807877 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rasha Mohammad Khashashneh (University of Jordan), Mahmoud F Al‐shetawi (0000-0002-8783-6032, University of Jordan), Mahmoud F Alshetawi |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1568-1576 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory and Practice in Language Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1799-2591 • E-ISSN: 2053-0692 |
| Publisher | Academy Publication (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17507/tpls.1208.12 |
| OpenAlex | W4289341652 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This article examines Stephen Soderbergh’s film Contagion (2011) and Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven (2014) as a critique of the uncivilized culture of our modern society, which depends on fragile connections and lack of solidarity. Although global pandemics annihilate the world and shatter families, this study demonstrates how they are depicted as a positive tool of change, serving as a force that exposes then undermines the deep-rooted cultural flaws in society and finally offers lessons that help in rebuilding a new civilized world based on human values. Such representation of pandemics in these selected narratives is allegorical, functioning as a mirror that reflects our COVID-19 reality, teaching moral lessons, and contributing to our understanding of the crisis and how we think and act in response
Aesthetics · Art · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Solidarity · History · Law · Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies · Medicine · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |