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SUMMARY:Fantasy and the Anthropocene - Prof Brian Attebery\, University of
  Glasgow
DTSTART:20190124T160000Z
DTEND:20190124T180000Z
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:The concept of the Anthropocene says that humans are primarily
  responsible for the current state of the world\, and only we (if anyone) 
 can fix it. In this talk\, Brian Attebery will explore traditional narrati
 ve patterns and their repurposing by fantasy writers from J. R. R. Tolkien
  to N. K. Jemisin. Such patterns take on new purpose and significance in t
 he context of species die-offs\, climate change\, and other human-caused a
 lterations of the environment. Examples range from the killing of the fore
 st guardian in the epic of _Gilgamesh_ to John Crowley’s recent novel _K
 a_.\n\n*Brian Attebery* is the author of _Stories about Stories: Fantasy_ 
 and the _Remaking of Myth and Decoding Gender in Science Fiction_\, among 
 other genre studies. His work has been honored with a Pilgrim Award\, two 
 Mythopoeic Awards\, and the Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Inter
 national Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. He is a Professor of E
 nglish at Idaho State University and editor of the Journal of the Fantasti
 c in the Arts. He is currently working on a new edition of Ursula K. Le Gu
 in’s _Always Coming Home_ for the Library of America and as of January\,
  2019\, is Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the University of Glasgow.
LOCATION:Mary Allan Building room 104\, Homerton College\, Hills Road\, Ca
 mbridge CB2 8PQ
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