When the world recedes, art persists: a presentation art as of a counter-narrative to the apocalypse in Emily St. John Mandel's station eleven

Abstract EN

Recently, pandemic literature gained wide significance due to the growing interest among readers as well as writers who want to document and explore possibilities of life with the effects of pandemics.

Emily St.

john Mendel's station eleven (2014) is a novel that stands distinguishable among the category of pandemic literature.

the novel records the end of the world prior to a pandemic flu spread and the rebirth of a new world simultaneously.

the novel weaves an interdisciplinary space fusing art with fiction.

the fusion of several artistic forms takes the form of a subversive narrative to the apocalyptic vision.

the main premise of this essay, therefore, is to demonstrate the role of artistic forms and its transformation into a site of resistance and contesting pandemics.