Appupen's Posthuman Gothic: The Snake and the Lotus. Issue 1 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nayar, Pramod K.
• Is Part Of: South Asian review. Volume 39:Issue 1/2(2018)
• Page Start: 70
• Page End: 85
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Appupen -- graphic novel -- posthuman Gothic -- dystopia -- critical posthuman ecology; Indic literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; India -- Civilization -- Periodicals; South Asia -- Civilization -- Periodicals; South Asia -- Languages -- Periodicals; South Asian literature -- Periodicals; South Asian literature; Language and languages; Civilization; Indic literature; Literature; South Asia; India; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 891.1
• DOI: 10.1080/02759527.2018.1515802
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0275-9527

Abstract

Abstract: Appupen's The Snake and the Lotus is a dystopic work that instantiates, the essay argues, a posthuman Gothic. The horror of this version of the Gothic is inaugurated by a collapsed world, and is Appupen's first move. This environmental theme in the text, cast as an ecological Gothic, examines the transformation of the city into a monstrous structure. The second part of the essay turns to the reconfigurations of the human form and a monstrous sexuality. In the third section I argue that Appupen's vision of this dystopia concludes with critical posthuman ecology, marked by coexistence and mutual dependence.