How to Fix this Intolerable Present with the Naked Eye; or, Periodizing the Contemporary

Fredric Jameson’s meditation on periodization highlights some of the challenges involved in any effort to think the contemporary. This essay argues that the best way to narrate the contemporary is through science fiction and further develops this insight through a reading of the comic book series (1...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Mosaic (Winnipeg) 2020-09, Vol.53 (3), p.1-22
1. Verfasser:	WEGNER, PHILLIP E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptations Aesthetics Allegory Analysis Atwood, Margaret (1939- ) Bibliographic literature Canadian literature Contemporary literature Creative writing Culture Dystopias Epic literature Fate Film adaptations Hegemony Heroism & heroes Higher education Ideology Institutionalization Jameson, Fredric Jameson, Fredric (1934-2024) Literary characters Literary criticism Literary devices Logic Manga Modernity Motion pictures Narrative techniques Narratives Narratology Periodization (Social sciences) Plot (Narrative) Political theorists Postmodernism Readers Science fiction Science fiction & fantasy Short stories Source materials Speculative fiction Writers
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Zusammenfassung:	Fredric Jameson’s meditation on periodization highlights some of the challenges involved in any effort to think the contemporary. This essay argues that the best way to narrate the contemporary is through science fiction and further develops this insight through a reading of the comic book series (1980) and film adaptation (2014) of X-Men: Days of Future Past.
ISSN:	0027-1276 1925-5683 1925-5683
DOI:	10.1353/mos.2020.0024