Research Question
How has The Hungry Tide affected the way the Anthropocene and geological boundaries are viewed and shaped within literature today?

How has The Hungry Tide affected the way the Anthropocene and geological boundaries are viewed and shaped within literature today?
How does the change in point of view through the novel, The Hungry Tide, utilize the gendered differences of the narrators to showcase varying perceptions of the world, community, and environment?
How does Jenny Offill’s minimalist and fragmented narrative structure in “Weather” create a contrast with the complex, existential themes of climate change and societal insecurity, and how does this tension shape the novel’s portrayal of contemporary anxiety about the future?
How does Parable of the Sower portray survival in a post-apocalyptic world as an experience shaped by race, gender, and class, particularly within the dynamics of community?
How do gender roles influence societal structures, cultural values, norms and the impact these roles have on individual identity and power dynamics in the contemporary context of the Parable of The Sower?