왜 포스트아포칼립스 소설은 인간을 살려두는가?: 인류세 시대 서사로서의 포스트아포칼립스 소설

초록

Now is the time when the post-apocalyptic novel —a literary genre that depicts a world where a series of catastrophic events demolished the existing human civilization —has become popular around the world. Acknowledging such a phenomenon, this paper primarily attempts to understand why post-apocalyptic novels have attained so much popularity, then to criticize some aspects in which post-apocalyptic novels are consumed, and finally to suggest a new perspective in approaching the genre by linking post-apocalyptic novel with our current ecological crisis. The post-apocalyptic novel should be viewed as a narrative genre that asks us to imagine a radically different world where conventional humanist values cannot be accepted as natural and common sense. The post-apocalyptic novel encourages us to re-imagine a different world, a changed value, and a post-human perspective.

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