Apocalypse in Media, Literature, and Linguistics : Narratives of Despair and Hope.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Belfakir, Latifa, editor.

Laabidi, Author Hicham, editor.

Mliless, Mohamed, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Apocalypse in literature.

Apocalypse in mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

The book demonstrates how apocalyptic narratives actively shape public understanding of environmental crisis, alternately mobilizing action or breeding paralysis.

Contents:

List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Navigating the Apocalypse A Character and Thematic Analysis of ‘The Road’ Film Mohamed Mohamed Mliless and Latifa Belfakir Chapter 2: “Why so alarmist?” or An Ecolinguistic approach to apocalyptic discourses on climate change Davi Albuquerque Chapter 3: Apocalypse and How: Framing Climate Change in Kenya Philip W. Rudd and Peter Githinji Chapter 4: From Crisis to Apocalypse: Disrupted Ecosystems and Broken Bonds in Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood Omar EL Otmani Chapter 5: Death-Worlds of the Niger Delta Environmental Necropolitics and Resistance Olarotimi Ogungbemi Chapter 6: Let Nature Speak, Climate Impacts and the Language of the Environment as a Laboratory for Learning: An Ecolinguistic Approach. Peter Makwanya Chapter 7: “Is Climate Change Real or Far-Fetched?”: Unraveling Audiences’ Responses on Climate Change in The Day After Tomorrow Ari Setyorini, Jepri Ali Saiful and Sofi Yunianti Chapter 8: Exploring Apocalyptic Environmental Discourse through Cultural Studies Loubna El Bdaoui Chapter 9: Deconstructing Environmental Apocalypse Narratives: A Critical Analysis of Michael Shellenberger's Work Mohammed El Messaoudi and Hicham Laabidi Conclusion About the Editors and Contributors

ISBN:

979-82-16-38026-9

979-82-16-38023-8

979-82-16-38022-1

OCLC:

1569118992