Pandemic Protagonists
Download or Read eBook Pandemic Protagonists PDF written by Yvonne Völkl and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2023-04-30 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Yvonne Völkl |
| Publisher | : transcript Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 309 |
| Release | : 2023-04-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783839466162 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3839466164 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Pandemic Protagonists by : Yvonne Völkl
Book excerpt: 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.
