Characterising the Anthropocene

This book applies the analytical methods of third-wave ecocriticism to selected twenty-first century Italian literary works. Turning abstract issues into narrative form, literary writing increases awareness of environmental issues as well as exerting a deep emotive influence on its readership. The author analyses Roberto Saviano's Gomorra Kai Zen's Delta blues Wu Ming's Previsioni del tempo Simona Vinci's Rovina Giancarlo di Cataldo's Fuoco! Laura Pugno's Sirene and Alessandra Montrucchio's E poi la sete He demonstrates that these works offer an invaluable opportunity to communicate meaningfully and accessibly the discomforting truths of global environmental change.