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So-called 'doomsteads' ('doom-homesteads': well-prepared self-contained subsistence farms that will let a small number of people survive environmental catastrophe) are a recurring trope in postapocalyptic climate change novels. Offering survival only for a select few, they represent insular, highly regulated, and ultimately unsustainable spaces.
We will read three recent novels by British writers that make use of the doomstead: Sarah Hall's The Carhullan Army (2007), Jessie Greengrass's The High House (2021), and Rosa Rankin-Gee's Dreamland (2021). With the help of theory on apocalypse, utopia/dystopia, ecocriticism, and postcolonial criticism, we will discuss how the novels engage critically with the idea of a 'fresh start' after environmental breakdown.
Please purchase:
- Sarah Hall, The Carhullan Army, ISBN 978-0571236602
- Jessie Greengrass, The High House, ISBN 978-1800750913
- Rosa Rankin-Gee, Dreamland, ISBN 978-1471193842
- These novels will also be stocked in the university library.
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