Research Article

“Survival is insufficient”: post-apocalyptic vision in Mandel’s pandemic novel Station Eleven

Volume: 2 Number: 1 January 31, 2022
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“Survival is insufficient”: post-apocalyptic vision in Mandel’s pandemic novel Station Eleven

Abstract

Writers on pandemic literature have concurred that “the end” has displayed the periods of significant changes in many aspects of human lives and that they have replaced new fashions of existence of the relevant ones. Such a mentality of thoughts has led to the reconstruction of societies after the apocalypse. Hence, some literary works focus on the optimistic or utopian side of the rebuilding instead of dystopian perspectives. In line with this perspective, Station Eleven (2014), by Emily St. John Mandel, takes readers into a new form of twist that puts forth catastrophe and its collapse with multiple aspects that rely on the reconstruction of the societies with high amount of hope after a 20 year of break. The novel displays what can happen to the people in post-apocalypse and the type of destruction in societies. So, this study tries to prove how Station Eleven handles the twist with the descriptions of the flu. It also gets into the examination of hope and utopia in a pandemic novel.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

January 31, 2022

Submission Date

December 27, 2021

Acceptance Date

January 23, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 2 Number: 1

APA
Çevik, Y. (2022). “Survival is insufficient”: post-apocalyptic vision in Mandel’s pandemic novel Station Eleven. Disiplinlerarası Yenilik Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2(1), 90-94. https://izlik.org/JA34WM92KK
AMA
1.Çevik Y. “Survival is insufficient”: post-apocalyptic vision in Mandel’s pandemic novel Station Eleven. Disiplinlerarası Yenilik Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2022;2(1):90-94. https://izlik.org/JA34WM92KK
Chicago
Çevik, Yıldıray. 2022. “‘Survival Is Insufficient’: Post-Apocalyptic Vision in Mandel’s Pandemic Novel Station Eleven”. Disiplinlerarası Yenilik Araştırmaları Dergisi 2 (1): 90-94. https://izlik.org/JA34WM92KK.
EndNote
Çevik Y (January 1, 2022) “Survival is insufficient”: post-apocalyptic vision in Mandel’s pandemic novel Station Eleven. Disiplinlerarası Yenilik Araştırmaları Dergisi 2 1 90–94.
IEEE
[1]Y. Çevik, “‘Survival is insufficient’: post-apocalyptic vision in Mandel’s pandemic novel Station Eleven”, Disiplinlerarası Yenilik Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 90–94, Jan. 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA34WM92KK
ISNAD
Çevik, Yıldıray. “‘Survival Is Insufficient’: Post-Apocalyptic Vision in Mandel’s Pandemic Novel Station Eleven”. Disiplinlerarası Yenilik Araştırmaları Dergisi 2/1 (January 1, 2022): 90-94. https://izlik.org/JA34WM92KK.
JAMA
1.Çevik Y. “Survival is insufficient”: post-apocalyptic vision in Mandel’s pandemic novel Station Eleven. Disiplinlerarası Yenilik Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2022;2:90–94.
MLA
Çevik, Yıldıray. “‘Survival Is Insufficient’: Post-Apocalyptic Vision in Mandel’s Pandemic Novel Station Eleven”. Disiplinlerarası Yenilik Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 2022, pp. 90-94, https://izlik.org/JA34WM92KK.
Vancouver
1.Yıldıray Çevik. “Survival is insufficient”: post-apocalyptic vision in Mandel’s pandemic novel Station Eleven. Disiplinlerarası Yenilik Araştırmaları Dergisi [Internet]. 2022 Jan. 1;2(1):90-4. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA34WM92KK