| Title: | A LITERARY ANALYSIS OF THE SCIENCE BEHIND CLIMATE CHANGE FICTION |
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| Authors: | ID Kerstein, Klemen (Author)
ID Kennedy, Victor (Mentor) More about this mentor... 
ID Žiberna, Igor (Comentor) |
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| Files: |  MAG_Kerstein_Klemen_2014.pdf (571,06 KB)
MD5: 35DC9F09BD5584EAB2B5A693B163EB80
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Master's thesis/paper |
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| Typology: | 2.09 - Master's Thesis |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
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| Abstract: | Analysis of the scientific background in science fiction is one of the approaches used to determine the depth of science represented in the texts. Both qualitative and quantitative parameters are taken into account when one analyzes the stories. The general idea is to examine how scientifically accurate or inaccurate the text is, and how well is a scientific field, proportionally speaking, is covered in the stories.
Analysis of science fiction literature on climate change yields rather similar results. In general, the texts are dark and melancholic. Time wise, the stories are future oriented and accompanied by retrograde implications. As far as the science is concerned, the length of the texts is inversely proportional to the quantity of the science. Most of the stories deal with the phenomenon of global warming, with human activity being the main reason for such occurrence. Both causes and effects are relatively well covered, though the effects appear to be predominant. Besides anthropogenic impact in general, the other frequently addressed causes are changes caused by increased carbon dioxide concentrations, methane emissions and chlorofluorocarbon emissions. Effects such as sea-level rise, temperature rise, ice melting, floods, droughts, animal migration, animal re-adaptation, and vegetation and urban changes, are commonly used in the setting of the stories. |
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| Keywords: | Science fiction, climate fiction, climate change, global warming, speculative fiction, greenhouse effect, The Windup Girl, Welcome to the Greenhouse |
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| Place of publishing: | Maribor |
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| Publisher: | [K. Kerstein] |
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| Year of publishing: | 2014 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-46908 |
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| UDC: | 821.111(73).09-311.9:551.583(043.2) |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 20995848 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:6C15RW16 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 12.12.2014 |
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| Views: | 2605 |
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| Categories: | FF
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