Pandemic Protagonists Viral (Re)Actions in Pandemic and Corona Fictions

• Other Authors: Völkl, Yvonne (Editor), Obermayr, Julia (Editor), Hobisch, Elisabeth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2023
• Series: Edition Kulturwissenschaft 284
• Subjects: Literary studies: general; Film theory & criticism; Media studies; Fiction; Culture; Media; Covid-19; Pandemic; Literature; Film; Medicine; Literary Studies; Cultural Studies
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Summary

During the first mandatory lockdowns of the Covid-19 pandemic, citizens worldwide turned to »pandemic fictions« or started to produce their own »Corona Fictions« across different media. These accounts of (previously) experienced or imagined health crises feature a great variety of protagonists and their (re)actions in response to the exceptional circumstances. The contributors to this volume take a closer look at different pandemic protagonists in fictional narratives relating to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as in existing pandemic fictions. Thereby they provide new insights into pandemic narratives from a cultural, literary, and media studies perspective from antiquity to today.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (308 p.)

ISBN

9783839466162
9783837666168

Access

Open Access