Abstract
This article ventures seaward to examine how two contemporary Danish novels paradoxically uses irrealist features to make visible the existent opacity and mythology of oil. Respectively, the novel På ryggen af en tyr (2014; On the Back of a Bull) by Kristina Stoltz employs gothic sentiments to reveal a ‘realer, if darker,’ oil reality, while Aftenstjerne (2019; Night Star) by Aske Juul Christiansen uses Nordic seafarer and explorer mythology to display and displace a dialectic of oil invisibility and materiality at sea. Thus, this article concludes that these novels contribute to a regionally specific critique of the modern world-system of fossil capitalism. I suggest designating this corpus of oceanic irrealism as Danish North Sea World Literature.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Journal of Energy History |
| Udgave nummer | 10 |
| Antal sider | 19 |
| ISSN | 2649-3055 |
| Status | Udgivet - 29. aug. 2023 |
Emneord
- Petrofiction
- Irrealism
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