Blog prompts for Nuclear Futures Class, due by April 9 (Group A)

1. In “The Environmental Humanities: A Critical Introduction,” Emmett and Nye argue that “dark visions” of the Anthropocene articulated by speculative and apocalyptic fiction have “prognostic value” in a period when the “imminence, scale, and probability” of ecological crisis remain uncertain (94). Provide an ecocritical reading of how “Dark” envisions the Anthropocene with reference to at least one theoretical text/approach to environmental humanities discussed this semester.
2. How does “Dark” (2017) employ the serial format to represent nuclear pasts, presents, and futures? Your post might focus on the relationship between serialization and temporality in “Dark” specifically, considering how the series engages with Germany’s (nuclear) history at the moment of its impending nuclear shutdown. Alternatively, you might focus more broadly on the question of serialization by offering a comparison of the nuclear representations of “Dark” and one or more manga discussed in class last week.