Human-eyed dolphins: Humanist noghtmares and posthumanist ecosystems in jeff vandermeer's southern reach tetralogy

Ten years after the release of The Southern Reachtrilogy, Jeff VanderMeer returns to the enigmatic realm of Area X with a fourth novel, Absolution (2024). This paper examines how the tetralogy’s engagement with the posthuman continuum challenges traditional definitions of the human-non-human dichoto...

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Autor: Fernández Menicucci, Amaya
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
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Palabra clave:Southern Reach
Jeff VanderMeer
posthuman
posthumanism
weird fiction
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posthumanismo
ficción extraña
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spelling Human-eyed dolphins: Humanist noghtmares and posthumanist ecosystems in jeff vandermeer's southern reach tetralogyFernández Menicucci, AmayaSouthern ReachJeff VanderMeerposthumanposthumanismweird fictionposthumanoposthumanismoficción extrañaTen years after the release of The Southern Reachtrilogy, Jeff VanderMeer returns to the enigmatic realm of Area X with a fourth novel, Absolution (2024). This paper examines how the tetralogy’s engagement with the posthuman continuum challenges traditional definitions of the human-non-human dichotomy. Drawing uponphilosophical posthumanism as theorized by Rosi Braidotti, I argue that the novels in question not only resist conventional definitions of ecological disaster, but also redefine the concepts of existential continuityand agency in a posthuman context.In TheSouthern Reachnovels, the portrayal of posthuman entities reflects a deliberate deconstruction of oppositional identity configurations. VanderMeer achieves this through two primary mechanisms: on the one hand, the transference of traditionally abhuman attributes from non-human animals and alien entities to the human focalizers, and, on the other hand, the presentation of posthuman beings as desirable ontological possibilities.Diez años después del lanzamiento de la trilogía Southern Reach, Jeff Vander Meerregresa al enigmático territorio del Área X con una cuarta novela, Absolution (2024). Este artículo analiza la manera en la que la representación del continuum posthumano cuestiona las definiciones tradicionales de la dicotomía humano/no-humano. A través del enfoque filosófico posthumanista teorizado por Rosi Braidotti, el análisis de las novelas en cuestión revela que éstas no sólo rechazan una definición convencional de desastre ecológico, sino que también redefinen los conceptos de continuidad existencial y agencial en un contexto posthumano. En las novelas de Southern Reach, la representación de entidades posthumanas refleja una desconstrucción deliberada de configuraciones identitarias oposicionales. VanderMeer logra esto principalmente de dos maneras: por un lado, trasfiriendo atributos tradicionalmente abhumanos de animales no humanos y entidades alienígenas a los focalizadores humanos; y por otro, presentando a los seres posthumanos como posibilidades ontológicas deseables.Editorial Universidad de Sevilla2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/185290http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/REN.2025.i29.11reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésRevista de estudios norteamericanos, 29, 113-133. https://revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/ESTUDIOS_NORTEAMERICANOS/article/view/28464/25559info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:idus________::0b0269431f6382c2bdc2a6e6dd28b6ba2026-06-17T12:51:07Z
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title Human-eyed dolphins: Humanist noghtmares and posthumanist ecosystems in jeff vandermeer's southern reach tetralogy
spellingShingle Human-eyed dolphins: Humanist noghtmares and posthumanist ecosystems in jeff vandermeer's southern reach tetralogy
Fernández Menicucci, Amaya
Southern Reach
Jeff VanderMeer
posthuman
posthumanism
weird fiction
posthumano
posthumanismo
ficción extraña
title_short Human-eyed dolphins: Humanist noghtmares and posthumanist ecosystems in jeff vandermeer's southern reach tetralogy
title_full Human-eyed dolphins: Humanist noghtmares and posthumanist ecosystems in jeff vandermeer's southern reach tetralogy
title_fullStr Human-eyed dolphins: Humanist noghtmares and posthumanist ecosystems in jeff vandermeer's southern reach tetralogy
title_full_unstemmed Human-eyed dolphins: Humanist noghtmares and posthumanist ecosystems in jeff vandermeer's southern reach tetralogy
title_sort Human-eyed dolphins: Humanist noghtmares and posthumanist ecosystems in jeff vandermeer's southern reach tetralogy
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fernández Menicucci, Amaya
author Fernández Menicucci, Amaya
author_facet Fernández Menicucci, Amaya
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Southern Reach
Jeff VanderMeer
posthuman
posthumanism
weird fiction
posthumano
posthumanismo
ficción extraña
topic Southern Reach
Jeff VanderMeer
posthuman
posthumanism
weird fiction
posthumano
posthumanismo
ficción extraña
description Ten years after the release of The Southern Reachtrilogy, Jeff VanderMeer returns to the enigmatic realm of Area X with a fourth novel, Absolution (2024). This paper examines how the tetralogy’s engagement with the posthuman continuum challenges traditional definitions of the human-non-human dichotomy. Drawing uponphilosophical posthumanism as theorized by Rosi Braidotti, I argue that the novels in question not only resist conventional definitions of ecological disaster, but also redefine the concepts of existential continuityand agency in a posthuman context.In TheSouthern Reachnovels, the portrayal of posthuman entities reflects a deliberate deconstruction of oppositional identity configurations. VanderMeer achieves this through two primary mechanisms: on the one hand, the transference of traditionally abhuman attributes from non-human animals and alien entities to the human focalizers, and, on the other hand, the presentation of posthuman beings as desirable ontological possibilities.
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