The Holobiontic Figure: Narrative Complexities of Holobiont Characters in Joan Slonczewski’s Brain Plague
In this article, I propose to consider the holobiontic figure as a starting point for examining how literary narratives represent the holobiosis paradigm and its impact on narrative structure. A body of recent science fiction works is challenging the long-standing narrative of microbes as “bad germs...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Open Cultural Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2022-0201 |