Decrecimiento o barbarie: ecocrítica y capitalismo global en la novela futurista española reciente

This essay analyzes three futuristic Spanish novels published in 2011 from an ecocritical perspective. The three works are critical dystopias and depict future scenarios in which the current social and ecological crisis has arrived to unsustainable extremes. These futures would be the result of cont...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Prádanos, Luis I.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/20424
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/20424
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Recent futuristic Spanish novel
Degrowth
Global capitalism
Ecocriticism
Novela futurista española reciente
Decrecimiento
Capitalismo global
Ecocrítica
Literatura
Medio ambiente
Literature
Environmental science
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Sumario:This essay analyzes three futuristic Spanish novels published in 2011 from an ecocritical perspective. The three works are critical dystopias and depict future scenarios in which the current social and ecological crisis has arrived to unsustainable extremes. These futures would be the result of continuing with the logic of constant economic gr owth in the context of a limited biosphere. Thus, this essay reveals, deploying degrowth theory, how these novels imply a criticism to the unsustainable global capitalism and an invitation to the reader to question its legitimacy.