Allegory of an Anthropocene Epic: Reading the Anthropocene in Morten Strøksnes’ Shark Drunk

This article engages with discussion on literary imaginaries and Anthropocene scales, by examining the Norwegian narrative nonfiction text Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark in a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean , by Morten Strøksnes. Focussing specifically on the oceanic setting of the text and the description of the Greenland shark, this article explores how the text employs allegory and humour to situate a sense of Anthropocene scales, and what the theme of conquest adds to an Anthropocene reading.