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Allegory of an Anthropocene Epic: Reading the Anthropocene in Morten Strøksnes’ Shark Drunk

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This article engages with discussion on literary imaginaries and Anthropocene scales, by examining the Norwegian narrative nonfiction text Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark in a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean , by Morten Strøksnes. Focussing specifically on the oceanic setting of the text and the description of the Greenland shark, this article explores how the text employs allegory and humour to situate a sense of Anthropocene scales, and what the theme of conquest adds to an Anthropocene reading.

Source: Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern

DOI: 10.48620/88058

Author: í Jákupsstovu, Gudrun

Language: English

Topic: Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7081936072

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