The Orientalist Semiotics of Dune
Religious and Historical References within Frank Herbert’s Universe
| dc.contributor.author | Jacob, Frank | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-31T08:43:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-03-31T08:43:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/53675 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::F Fiction and Related items::FL Science fiction | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Lawrence of Arabia; Frank Herbert; Paul of Arrakis; Paul Atreides; colonialism; Dune; human collectivism; human-animal relations; T.E. Lawrence; political elitism; semiotics; science fiction; Denis Villeneuve; cross-generational audience; ecology; desert planet; religion; orientalism | en_US |
| dc.title | The Orientalist Semiotics of Dune | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Religious and Historical References within Frank Herbert’s Universe | en_US |
| dc.type | book | |
| oapen.identifier.doi | 10.14631/978-3-96317-851-1 | en_US |
| oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | 1693c2dd-7cd7-4dac-b4bb-0dec0525ad05 | en_US |
| oapen.relation.isbn | 9783963173028 | en_US |
| oapen.pages | 118 | en_US |
