The Orientalist Semiotics of »Dune«
Religious and Historical References within Frank Herbert’s Universe
118 Seiten, 14,5 x 20,5 cm, Klappenbroschur
ISBN 978-3-96317-302-8 (Print)
24,00 € (Print)
ISBN 978-3-96317-851-1 (ePDF)
19,00 € (ePDF)
Büchner-Verlag, Marburg, erschienen am 30. März 2022.
ISBN 978-3-96317-302-8 (Print)
24,00 € (Print)
ISBN 978-3-96317-851-1 (ePDF)
19,00 € (ePDF)
Büchner-Verlag, Marburg, erschienen am 30. März 2022.
Frank Herbert’s Dune (1965) is considered to be one of the most successful Science Fiction novels of the 20th century. It introduces its readers to a future universe, in which the production of the most valuable resource of the universe – ›spice‹ – is only possible on one vast desert planet called Arrakis. Dune offers many different motifs, including a hero that eventually turns into a superhuman being. However, the novel is also rich of orientalist semiotics and relates to a sign system existent when Herbert wrote his book. Frank Jacob discusses these semiotics in detail and shows how much of Lawrence of Arabia is present in the story’s plot.
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