Fever Dreams: Surveying the Representation of Plagues and Pandemics in South African Speculative Fiction

IF 0.3 4区 文学 0 LITERATURE ENGLISH STUDIES IN AFRICA Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/00138398.2021.1969104
C. Warren
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Abstract This paper provides an overview of the representation of outbreaks of infectious disease in South African speculative fiction. The focus is on novels by South African authors (even if some are set in the US) which envision a future plague or pandemic, from AIDS to flu-like viruses to a zombie outbreak. This is not an in-depth analysis of individual texts but a survey of the ways in which future plagues are envisioned, including in young adult fiction and popular fiction.
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狂热的梦想:考察瘟疫和流行病在南非推理小说中的表现
摘要本文概述了南非推理小说中传染病爆发的表现。重点是南非作家的小说(即使有些小说以美国为背景),这些小说设想了未来的瘟疫或流行病,从艾滋病到流感样病毒,再到僵尸爆发。这不是对个别文本的深入分析,而是对未来瘟疫的设想方式的调查,包括在青少年小说和流行小说中。
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