Graduation Year
2021
Date of Submission
11-2020
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Environment, Economics, and Politics (EEP)
Reader 1
William Ascher
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OCLC Record Number
1243000251
Abstract
This thesis examines the several aspects and variations of environmental apocalyptic literature, and its potential ability to mobilize action against the imminent threat of global climate change. It delves into the intersection between climate research and fiction, as well as the rhetorical techniques used in works such as The Death of Grass by John Christopher, The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard, Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, and The Road by Cormac McCarthy, and covers the complementarity between climate fiction and works of non-fiction such as The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh. Finally, this thesis will assess the effectiveness of climate change fiction’s capacity to stress and address the immediacy of approaching climate calamities, as well as argue the importance of environmental apocalyptic literature in the effort to motivate readers towards action to prevent disasters caused by climate change.
Recommended Citation
Gode, Lauren, "Climate Change in Fiction: The Evolution and Challenges of Environmental Apocalyptic Literature" (2021). CMC Senior Theses. 2583.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2583
