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Leftover and 'A zero-sum landscape': nature, climate change, and dystopia in Diane Cook's The New Wilderness
Dissertation (MA (Creative Writing))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/107635 Leftover and 'A zero-sum landscape': nature, climate change, and dystopia in Diane Cook's The New Wilderness Medalie, David u17081972@tuks.co.za Harrison, Emily UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Dystopian fiction Apocalyptic fiction Ecocriticism Ecocentric personification Ecosemiotics Climate change Diane Cook The New Wilderness Environmental criticism Dissertation (MA (Creative Writing))--University of Pretoria, 2025. This dissertation explores the role of language in the perception and treatment of Nature, something that is of particular importance as humankind faces its most prominent crisis: climate change. By conducting an ecocritical analysis of Diane Cook's dystopian novel The New Wilderness, this study explores the literary and linguistic methods that can be employed to discuss Nature in a respectful way. In order to explore the language used in The New Wilderness, the discussion is framed around ecocritical definitions and criteria from the work of Pippa Marland and Bryan Moore as well as ideas from other ecocritical voices. This dissertation investigates how the genre of dystopian fiction as well as apocalyptic elements may work to frame an ecocentric discussion of the natural world in light of the current climate crisis. The study explores the techniques of language choice, ecocentric personification and eco semiotics as alternative methods of representing and writing about Nature. The dissertation is thematically linked to the creative component of this M.A in Creative Writing, Leftover, a dystopian novel with apocalyptic elements. The novel is also concerned with representations of Nature and ecological concerns. Both works emphasise ecocritical concerns in a time of climate uncertainty. Unit for Creative Writing MA (Creative Writing) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities None 2026-01-28T06:38:19Z 2026-01-28T06:38:19Z 2026-04 2025 Dissertation * A2026 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/107635 Disclaimer letter en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Dystopian fiction Apocalyptic fiction Ecocriticism Ecocentric personification Ecosemiotics Climate change Diane Cook The New Wilderness Environmental criticism Leftover and 'A zero-sum landscape': nature, climate change, and dystopia in Diane Cook's The New Wilderness |
| title | Leftover and 'A zero-sum landscape': nature, climate change, and dystopia in Diane Cook's The New Wilderness |
| title_full | Leftover and 'A zero-sum landscape': nature, climate change, and dystopia in Diane Cook's The New Wilderness |
| title_fullStr | Leftover and 'A zero-sum landscape': nature, climate change, and dystopia in Diane Cook's The New Wilderness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leftover and 'A zero-sum landscape': nature, climate change, and dystopia in Diane Cook's The New Wilderness |
| title_short | Leftover and 'A zero-sum landscape': nature, climate change, and dystopia in Diane Cook's The New Wilderness |
| title_sort | leftover and a zero sum landscape nature climate change and dystopia in diane cook s the new wilderness |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Dystopian fiction Apocalyptic fiction Ecocriticism Ecocentric personification Ecosemiotics Climate change Diane Cook The New Wilderness Environmental criticism |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/107635 |