Fictional Depictions Of Climate Change In Literature: A Study On Human-Nature Relationship

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¹R. Daffiny Rishma, ²Dr. J. Chriso Ricky Gill

¹Research Scholar in English, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay, Tamilnadu, India.

²Associate Professor, Department of English (S&H), Vel Tech High Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai.

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Abstract

Literary works as climate change and its causes are great sources of commentary on how humans affect the environment and what they are likely to suffer. Science fiction as a genre is not homogenous in English literature; the roots of science fiction literature can be traced back to the mythology period and early stages of philosophical and scientific development. It is worth mentioning that this genre has become more diverse in the last few decades as new opinions have emerged. The following is a discussion on the topic of the development of science fiction as a genre from the beginning to the present time. It offers the audience a comprehensive look at how actions and social expectations of individuals, coupled with endangered biomes, are presented in these fictional stories. This climate fiction thus reminds the reader about the impending crisis in climate change while at the same time stimulating images of a sustainable world. Finally, there is the call for understanding the potential to either destroy or protect the Earth inherent in all of us. Science fiction can be viewed as a thought experiment that represents and illustrates the worst and the best scenarios of human interaction with the environment, as well as a social and political comment that requires action from the audience.

Keywords: Science Fiction, Environment, Climate Change, Literature, Harmony

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