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âWeâre Using Up the Earth. Itâs Almost Gone âApocalyptic fiction, environmental awareness,and critique of anthropocentric and capitalist society in Margaret Atwoodâ MaddAddam trilogy
Master`s thesis in English (EN501)This thesis explores Margaret Atwoodâs novels Oryxand Crake (2003), The Year of the Flood (2009), and MaddAddam (2013),and their criticism of anthropocentric and capitalist society. The novels depicta world where the planet has reached its limits due to humanityâs overpopulation, greed, and exploitation of nature. This thesis analyzes the books with an ecocritical lens and views Atwoodâs representation of the environment in her apocalyptic narrative. Through a close reading of the trilogy, the analysis considers the novelsâapocalyptic characteristics in a world where a virus has annihilated the human population,and genetically engineered creatures are left in its wake to live in harmony with nature. Through these creaturesâtraits and the depictions of humanity before the apocalypse, Atwood shows how human interference with nature has led to the destruction of numerous plant and animal species, as well as ourselves. However, Atwood offers some hope through the creation of âthe perfect humansâand the portrayal of a flourishing nature in the post-apocalyptic landscape
âWeâre Using Up the Earth. Itâs Almost Gone âApocalyptic fiction, environmental awareness,and critique of anthropocentric and capitalist society in Margaret Atwoodâ MaddAddam trilogy
This thesis explores Margaret Atwoodâs novels Oryxand Crake (2003), The Year of the Flood (2009), and MaddAddam (2013),and their criticism of anthropocentric and capitalist society. The novels depicta world where the planet has reached its limits due to humanityâs overpopulation, greed, and exploitation of nature. This thesis analyzes the books with an ecocritical lens and views Atwoodâs representation of the environment in her apocalyptic narrative. Through a close reading of the trilogy, the analysis considers the novelsâapocalyptic characteristics in a world where a virus has annihilated the human population,and genetically engineered creatures are left in its wake to live in harmony with nature. Through these creaturesâtraits and the depictions of humanity before the apocalypse, Atwood shows how human interference with nature has led to the destruction of numerous plant and animal species, as well as ourselves. However, Atwood offers some hope through the creation of âthe perfect humansâand the portrayal of a flourishing nature in the post-apocalyptic landscape