Hyperobject Reading, Scale Variance, and American Fiction in the Anthropocene
Chingshun J. Sheu
Hyperobject Reading, Scale Variance, and American Fiction in the Anthropocene
Chingshun J. Sheu
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2024 Ming Chuan University Research Award
This book proposes a model of reading called hyperobject reading that bridges the Anthropocene scale variance between humans and humanity by focusing on the large-scale problems and phenomena themselves.
Chingshun J. Sheu is Assistant Professor of Applied English at Ming Chuan University. His research focuses on contemporary American fiction, literary theory, narratology, and Alain Badiou. Having published essays on William Gaddis, Orson Scott Card, and Taiwanese author Chang Hsiu-ya, he is also the premier English-language film critic in Taiwan.