Medieval Futures and the Postwork Romance

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New Literary History Pub Date : 2024-07-17 DOI:10.1353/nlh.2024.a932374

William Revere

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Abstract

Abstract:

This essay explores speculative resources in the premodern past as displayed in some contemporary anglophone fiction, with a focus on novels by Octavia Butler and Margaret Atwood. Among its retrievals, speculative medievalism offers a critical vantage point on ruinous, "neofeudal" futures by fashioning a form of romance narrative centered on workers. The late-fourteenth century English poem Piers Plowman is looked to as a premodern speculative precursor and interlocutor for such versions of the medieval past.

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中世纪的未来与后作浪漫主义

摘要:本文探讨了一些当代英语小说中展示的前现代过去的投机资源，重点是奥克塔维亚-巴特勒（Octavia Butler）和玛格丽特-阿特伍德（Margaret Atwood）的小说。其中，中世纪投机主义通过塑造一种以工人为中心的浪漫主义叙事形式，为废墟般的 "新封建 "未来提供了一个批判的视角。14 世纪晚期的英国诗歌《皮尔斯-普洛曼》被视为此类中世纪过去版本的前现代推测性先驱和对话者。

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