The Orientalist Semiotics of Dune
Büchner-Verlag, 2022
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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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The Orientalist Semiotics of Dune
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Jacob, Frank |
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Veröffentlichung: | Büchner-Verlag, 2022 |
Medientyp: | E-Book |
Umfang: | 118 |
ISBN: | 978-3-96317-302-8 (print) ; 978-3-96317-851-1 (print) |
DOI: | 10.14631/978-3-96317-851-1 |
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