This paper delves into speculative and climate fiction through Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation and Yōko Ogawa's The Memory Police to explore how these narratives use theconcept of home. The home is not necessarily a direct victim of climate change but is a metaphorical tool, used to bridge the gap between our perception of climate change as a distant threat and its intimate, pervasive impacts. This approach leverages the representation of homewithin the two novels as an emotional and psychological anchor, making the abstract and oftenoverwhelming concept of climate change more accessible and immediate to the reader. The central thesis of this study posits that Annihilation and The Memory Police subtly yet powerfully utilise the familiarity and safety associated with home to make a poignant commentary on climate change. By transforming home into a site of uncanny distortion, these novels not only evoke a sense of unease but also effectively bring the conversation of climate change into the foreground, creating a personal engagement with the environmental crises at hand.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-67639 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Rosenstrale, Erik |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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