Description: Panelists explore the intersection between ecocriticism and horror studies, examining human fear of and violence against the nonhuman world in literature, film, and other media. How do ecohorror texts blur human/nonhuman distinctions in order to generate fear, horror, or dread? How are ecohorror texts and tropes used to promote ecological awareness or represent ecological crises? How do they influence environmental rhetoric or action more broadly?

Speakers

Kristen Angierski, Cornell U

Christy Tidwell, South Dakota School of Mines and Tech.

Carter Soles, State U of New York, Brockport

Emily Grzywacz, Iowa State U

Dawn Keetley, Lehigh U

Bethany Doane, Penn State U, University Park

Presiders

Christy Tidwell, South Dakota School of Mines and Tech.

Carter Soles, State U of New York, Brockport