"People with Equal but Opposite Afflictions, Propping Each Other Up": Sleep Solidarity and Fictions of Mass Sleeplessness

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MFS-Modern Fiction Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.1353/mfs.2022.0028

A. Bennett

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Abstract

Abstract:The texts considered in this essay—Sleepless by Charlie Huston (2010), Nod by Adrian Barnes (2012), Black Moon by Kenneth Calhoun (2014), and Sleep Donation by Karen Russell (2014)—imagine an epidemic of fatal mass insomnia. They form a micro-genre I call mass-sleeplessness fiction, which emerged at the same time as the anxious discourse of the contemporary sleep crisis. This essay argues that the texts adapt genre elements from the zombie apocalypse to conceptualize the deeply uneven effects of sleep crisis and to identify forms of sleep solidarity as an alternative to conventions of privatized and individualized sleep.

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“有着相同但相反的痛苦的人们，相互支持”:睡眠团结和大规模失眠的虚构

摘要:本文考察了查理·休斯顿(2010)的《不眠夜》、艾德里安·巴恩斯(2012)的《Nod》、肯尼斯·卡尔霍恩(2014)的《黑月》和凯伦·拉塞尔(2014)的《睡眠捐赠》这几篇文章，它们想象了一种致命的大规模失眠的流行。它们形成了一种我称之为“大规模失眠小说”的微体裁，与对当代睡眠危机的焦虑论述同时出现。本文认为，这些文本采用了僵尸启示的类型元素，将睡眠危机的严重不均匀影响概念化，并确定了睡眠团结的形式，作为私有化和个性化睡眠习俗的替代方案。

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期刊介绍： Modern Fiction Studies publishes engaging articles on prominent works of modern and contemporary fiction. Emphasizing historical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary approaches, the journal encourages a dialogue between fiction and theory, publishing work that offers new theoretical insights, clarity of style, and completeness of argument. Modern Fiction Studies alternates general issues dealing with a wide range of texts with special issues focused on single topics or individual writers.