The three main settings of McEwan's Solar, a novel described as "the first great global-warming novel" (Walsh 2010) are significant: from London, to the Artic Pole, up to the desert in New Mexico, these places are all described through the interior monologue of the anti-hero Michael Beard, a character allegorical of humanity's greed for selfish over-consumption. As Beard moves in the real environment only through the non-places of supermodernity (Augé), the paper analyses the descriptions of settings to underline how McEwan uses them to write about climatechange in a new "novelistic" way (McEwan).

Bolchi, E., An Air-conditioned Global Warming. The Description of Settings in Ian McEwan's 'Solar', <<L'ANALISI LINGUISTICA E LETTERARIA>>, 2016; 24 (2): 35-42 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/93747]

An Air-conditioned Global Warming. The Description of Settings in Ian McEwan's 'Solar'

Bolchi, Elisa
2016

Abstract

The three main settings of McEwan's Solar, a novel described as "the first great global-warming novel" (Walsh 2010) are significant: from London, to the Artic Pole, up to the desert in New Mexico, these places are all described through the interior monologue of the anti-hero Michael Beard, a character allegorical of humanity's greed for selfish over-consumption. As Beard moves in the real environment only through the non-places of supermodernity (Augé), the paper analyses the descriptions of settings to underline how McEwan uses them to write about climatechange in a new "novelistic" way (McEwan).
2016
Inglese
Bolchi, E., An Air-conditioned Global Warming. The Description of Settings in Ian McEwan's 'Solar', <<L'ANALISI LINGUISTICA E LETTERARIA>>, 2016; 24 (2): 35-42 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/93747]
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
Bolchi_An-Air-conditioned-Global-Warming.pdf

accesso aperto

Descrizione: Articolo
Tipologia file ?: Versione Editoriale (PDF)
Licenza: Creative commons
Dimensione 5.94 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
5.94 MB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/10807/93747
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 1
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact