Emergent Critical Strategies Against the Nation- Trap: The Digitization of Literary Apocalyptic Affects and Larissa Lai’s The Tiger Flu
Focused on interrogating the ways in which twenty-first century writing in Canada is currently approached critically and theoretically, this article proposes new reading methods that expose the influence of nation-state powers over literary productions. In particular, this article takes up Larissa L...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Canada and Beyond |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/2254-1179/article/view/30690 |
| Summary: | Focused on interrogating the ways in which twenty-first century writing in Canada is currently approached critically and theoretically, this article proposes new reading methods that expose the influence of nation-state powers over literary productions. In particular, this article takes up Larissa Lai’s dynamic, post-apocalyptic novel, The Tiger Flu, as a case study to examine these ideas by using digital tools. It studies the novel’s reflections on gender, sexuality, and technology within re-imagined |
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| ISSN: | 2254-1179 |