Formas breves para la ecoansiedad: realismo cognitivo en la ficción climática
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incertidumbre, econarratología, brevedad, forma, ficción estadounidense contemporáneaResumen
Investigadores de una amplia gama de campos están prestando cada vez más atención al impacto psicológico del cambio climático. Este artículo se centra en la ficción literaria que pone en primer plano estas ramificaciones psicológicas; ficción, en otras palabras, que retrata personajes que experimentan lo que se ha llamado “eco-ansiedad” o “ansiedad climática”. Sostengo que la forma y la brevedad del cuento a nivel estilístico pueden perseguir el realismo cognitivo al evocar la sensación de atención fragmentada y falta de futuro que define la psicología de la ansiedad. En muchos casos, esa representación de la ansiedad climática se ve respaldada y amplificada por el compromiso de la literatura con las noticias y las redes sociales que provocan una pérdida de atención. Para explorar esos vínculos, me baso en trabajos sobre la fenomenología de la ansiedad y analizo ejemplos de la literatura estadounidense contemporánea y, más específicamente, de los cuentos de Lauren Groff y la novela Weather de Jenny Offill. Muestro cómo estas obras capturan la conexión entre la conciencia sobre el cambio climático y el estilo mental único de los protagonistas, y cómo esta exploración suele ir acompañada de un diálogo con las formas de comunicación digital.
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