Buch, Englisch, Multiple languages, 308 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 480 g
Reihe: Culture & theory
Viral (Re)Actions in Pandemic and Corona Fictions
Buch, Englisch, Multiple languages, 308 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 480 g
Reihe: Culture & theory
ISBN: 978-3-8376-6616-8
Verlag: transcript
During the first mandatory lockdowns of the Covid-19 pandemic, citizens worldwide turned to 'pandemic fictions' or started to produce their own 'Corona Fictions' across different media. These accounts of (previously) experienced or imagined health crises feature a great variety of protagonists and their (re)actions in response to the exceptional circumstances. The contributors to this volume take a closer look at different pandemic protagonists in fictional narratives relating to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as in existing pandemic fictions. Thereby they provide new insights into pandemic narratives from a cultural, literary, and media studies perspective from antiquity to today.