Towards a Global South posthumanism: The more-than-human world in Han Song’s Red Ocean and Véronique Tadjo’s In the Company of Men

Pages: 75 - 87

Language: eng

Focusing on two influential ecological novels from the Global South – Hong Se Hai Yang (Red ocean, 2004) by Chinese writer Han Song and En compagnie des hommes (2017; Eng. trans. In the Company of Men, 2021) by Ivorian writer Véronique Tadjo – this essay explores how ecological literature in the Global South offers alternative models of posthumanism grounded in a fluid conception of the self. Drawing on indigenous life philosophies from Chinese and West African traditions, these two novels invite a critique of the dominant narrative of modernity in the contemporary world, driven by an obsession with rapid progression and the primacy of autonomous subjectivity.

Wan , F. 2025. Towards a Global South posthumanism: The more-than-human world in Han Song’s Red Ocean and Véronique Tadjo’s In the Company of Men. In World Literature Studies, vol. 17, no.2, pp. 75-87. 1337-9275. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/WLS.2025.17.2.6

Wan , F. (2025). Towards a Global South posthumanism: The more-than-human world in Han Song’s Red Ocean and Véronique Tadjo’s In the Company of Men. World Literature Studies, 17(2), 75-87. 1337-9275. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/WLS.2025.17.2.6

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