Det postapokalyptiske moderskab

Megan Hunters The End We Start From

Forfattere

  • Marlene Karlsson Marcussen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/pas.v34i82.118286

Nøgleord:

science fiction, motherhood, moderskab, catastrophe, The End We Start From, apocalypse, feminist science fiction

Resumé

The article investigates a new type of narrative, where motherhood and catastrophe are interwoven. This inquiry questions how Megan Hunter presents the mother as heroine of a new type of feminist science fiction and how she uses a postapocalyptic frame to depict motherhood in crisis by showing how language falls short of fathoming experiences – both of birth and flood – beyond human understanding. Hunter’s novel succeeds in intertwining the events of motherhood and apocalypse, thus showing how both lend their language and experience to each other.

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Publiceret

2019-12-20

Citation/Eksport

Marcussen, M. K. (2019). Det postapokalyptiske moderskab: Megan Hunters The End We Start From. Passage - Tidsskrift for Litteratur Og Kritik, 34(82), 99–110. https://doi.org/10.7146/pas.v34i82.118286