Comparative analysis reveals climate fiction’s impact on cultural themes and ecological narratives in literature.
Key Points
The analysis aims to explore the use of semiotic frameworks in contemporary climate fiction to understand ecological significance and cultural responses.
Conducted a comparative literary analysis of Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future and Ghassān Shibārū 2022.
Utilized ecosemiotics and cultural theory frameworks to interpret emergency indicators and narratives.
Employed Lotman’s semiosphere theory and Maran’s ecosemiotic typology to categorize signs and their meanings.
Identified varying uses of symbolic, iconic, and indexical signs in each work.
Robinson’s narrative focuses on technocratic optimism and systemic reform through symbols.
Shibārū emphasizes grassroots activism and emotional depth through indexical and iconic imagery.
Highlighted common themes of temporal disruption and ecofeminist embodiment that signify decline and resistance.
Cite This Study
Mohammed Lafi Alshammari (2026) studied this question.