تاريخ مجلس الدراسات العليا

2022-08-23

اسم الطالب

عمر عايد القضاه

ملخص الرسالة

The current study seeks to explore the role of climate fiction in raising awareness of climate change, as well as how climate change and global warming are portrayed in the two chosen works, Venice Drowned by Kim Stanley Robinson and The Drowned World by James Graham Ballard. Although the two literary works were published in two different countries (Venice Drowned in America and The Drowned World in Britain), the two narratives share many common features in their concerns, viewpoints, and timely messages about the future of the world. To achieve the goals of this study, the researcher applies the ecocriticism theory to both narratives to provide readers with clear challenges caused by the troubles of climate change and an in-depth analysis of two selected narratives that will assist people in understanding how to survive and adapt to climate change. In this work, both analytical and descriptive techniques were adopted. The researcher deeply summarized two climatic narratives that constitute the center of this study. Furthermore, the researcher focuses on how climate change issues are fictionally expressed in the two selected narratives, revealing the deep complexity of human-nature relationships throughout the theory of ecocriticism. The researcher found out that climate change in the two works occurred naturally, and man had no role to play in that change. The study concludes with certain recommendations that might be of help to all those concerned with climate change and global warming and their impact on humanity. Key words: Climate Fiction; Climate Change; Ecocriticism; The Drowned World; Venice Drowned; Climate change awareness