SARS COV11 AND OTHER CALAMITIES IN ADAM NEVILL’S LOST GIRL
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چکیده
Speculating about future based on the present, climate change fiction (cli-fi) seems to have proved its unique potential predict environmental and social repercussions of forced anthropogenic transformation(s) Earth. As a cli-fi horror novel, it is hardly coincidence that British author, Adam Nevill’s Lost Girl (2015) predicts no less with haunting atmosphere. Envisioning total collapse world through grim depictions nonhuman environment restless societies, recounts dangerous quest father find his lost daughter amidst (un)natural disasters, pandemics, chaos. In oddly realistic Girl, originating from extreme weather conditions loss natural balance, new strains deadly viruses take hold world. Prophesying coronavirus pandemic other calamities actually came out be true five years later, in 2020; such as destructive wildfires Australia or heatwaves Europe among others, noteworthy novel touch leaving permanent wake-up call effect reader their anthropocentric way living posthuman perspective.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Epiphany
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2303-6850', '1840-3719']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21533/epiphany.v14i1.363