Apocalyptic Fiction
“The Future of Threat is Forever”: Canadian Apocalyptic Fiction
The texts comprising this special issue of Discours/e were produced in the context of a Winter 2026 comparative literature course at the Université de Moncton titled “Apocalypse and Intersectionality in Contemporary Literatures in Canada.” The course aimed to engage apocalyptic themes, figures, and structures in its reading of intersectional literature in twenty-first-century Canada, questioning how they function in the current…
To Be a Starfish: Identity and Community in Larissa Lai’s “The Tiger Flu” and Vivek Shraya’s “I’m Afraid of Men”
Dossier: “The Future of Threat is Forever”: Canadian Apocalyptic Fiction To Be a Starfish: Identity and Community in Larissa Lai’s The Tiger Flu and Vivek Shraya’s I’m Afraid of Men By Nadyne Kuhn In 1996, the [...]
Posthuman Performativity: Apocalyptic Disidentification in “Rachel” by Larissa Lai and “How Do We Get Out of Here?” by Lorraine York
Dossier: “The Future of Threat is Forever”: Canadian Apocalyptic Fiction Posthuman Performativity: Apocalyptic Disidentification in “Rachel” by Larissa Lai and “How Do We Get Out of Here?” by Lorraine York By Geneviève Flanagan Feminists are constantly [...]
Temporality and the Uneven Experience of Apocalypse in “The Marrow Thieves” and “The Outer Harbour”
Dossier: “The Future of Threat is Forever”: Canadian Apocalyptic Fiction Temporality and the Uneven Experience of Apocalypse in The Marrow Thieves and The Outer Harbour By Idealy Tiffany Rafidinarivo The apocalypse is often imagined as a [...]
Patchwork Family Roles and Tropes in Canadian Apocalypse Literature
Dossier: “The Future of Threat is Forever”: Canadian Apocalyptic Fiction This article analyzes Thomas King’s The Back of Turtle. See this issue’s introduction for full context regarding the study of King’s novel. Patchwork Family Roles [...]
Scrap Economics in “The Tiger Flu” and “The Back of the Turtle”
Dossier: “The Future of Threat is Forever”: Canadian Apocalyptic Fiction This article analyzes Thomas King’s The Back of Turtle. See this issue’s introduction for full context regarding the study of King’s novel. Scrap Economics in [...]
Superstitions and Rituals in Thomas King’s “The Back of the Turtle” and Nicolas Dickner’s “Apocalypse for Beginners”
Dossier: “The Future of Threat is Forever”: Canadian Apocalyptic Fiction This article analyzes Thomas King’s The Back of Turtle. See this issue’s introduction for full context regarding the study of King’s novel. Superstitions and Rituals [...]
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