Narrating Ecological Complexity
Multiperspectivity and Cultural Ecology in Richard Powers’ Fiction
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Beschreibung
How can narrative form shape the way we understand ecological crises and imagine our place within a more-than-human world? This book explores how Richard Powers’ novels Gain, The Echo Maker, and The Overstory use narrative structure as a means of engaging with environmental complexity. Drawing on ecocritical theory, Hubert Zapf’s theory of cultural ecology, and narratological approaches, it examines multiperspectivity as a central formal feature through which Powers creates networks of connection between diverse human experiences, scientific knowledge, historical processes, and non-human life forms. Through close readings of the three novels, the study demonstrates how shifts in perspective, temporal structures, and interwoven narratives are suited to represent ecological interdependence and actively enact it. Through its focus on the relationship between narrative form and ecological thought, this book offers a new perspective on Richard Powers’ fiction while contributing to broader discussions in ecocriticism, narratology, and the environmental humanities. It highlights literature’s capacity to hold complexity, foster critical and relational thinking, and open imaginative possibilities for more sustainable forms of coexistence.
Autor*in
Lucia Medici
Themen in »Narrating Ecological Complexity«
Richard Powers Multiperspektivische Erzählweise Kulturökologie Zeitgenössische amerikanische Belletristik Multiperspectival narrative Cultural Ecology Contemporary American Fiction