Posthumanism in Italian Literature and Film

Posthumanism in Italian Literature and Film PDF Author: Enrica Maria Ferrara
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9783030393663
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 303

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Book Description
As humans re-negotiate their boundaries with the nonhuman world of animals, inanimate entities and technological artefacts, new identities are formed and a new epistemological and ethical approach to reality is needed. Through twelve thought-provoking, scholarly essays, this volume analyzes works by a range of modern and contemporary Italian authors, from Giacomo Leopardi to Elena Ferrante, who have captured the shift from anthropocentrism and postmodernism to posthumanism. Indeed, this is the first academic volume investigating narrative configurations of posthuman identity in Italian literature and film.