The orientalist semiotics of Dune : : religious and historical references within Frank Herbert's universe / / Frank Jacob.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

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.