The orientalist semiotics of Dune : : religious and historical references within Frank Herbert's universe / / Frank Jacob.

• VerfasserIn: Jacob, Frank,
• Place / Publishing House: Marburg, Germany : : Büchner-Verlag,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (119 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Plot and Motifs -- Colonialism -- Ecology -- Human-Animal Relations -- Religion -- Political Elitism -- Human Collectivism -- 3 Orientalist Semiotics -- 4 Paul of Arrakis vs. Lawrence of Arabia -- 5 Conclusion -- 6 Archival Sources, Works and Films Cited.