Human Attitudes to Nature in Four Stories from The Decameron 2020
Human Attitudes to Nature in Four Stories from The Decameron 2020
Author(s): Svjetlana SumporSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: The Decameron 2020; intertextuality; ecocriticism; pandemic; motif of nature in literature
Summary/Abstract: The Decameron 2020 started in Croatia as an online literary event in the time of thefirst quarantine caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and resulted in an e-book offifty-two selected short stories. Its initiators and editors, Ana Cerovac, Vesna Kurilić and Antonija Mežnarić, recognized the peculiarity of the experience of living in the end times, as well as the potential for comparison of the e-book withBoccaccio’s classic, and set up an online space where authors from Croatia andthe region could ( re )create or transform their experiences, or reflect upon them.This paper focuses on four stories from the collection in which nature is givenspecial significance: Algernonova osveta (Algernon’s Revenge) by Nataša Milić,Zaražena (Infected) bySunčica Mamula, Redukcije(Reductions) byAnaKutleša and2030 byRadmila Rakas. It investigates the range of feelings and attitudes towardsnature in the time of pandemic and quarantine, as reflected in these four stories.
Journal: Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 22
- Page Range: 327-342
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
