These are complicated through other themes of interest, which include consumerist culture, legacy, religion and the poetics of remains, authenticity and responsibility. Using critical and theoretical analyses of predominantly American contemporary novels, this dissertation examines the influence of different literary tropes that are widely used in climate fiction, such as humanitarian extinction, the child saviour and class discrimination. This dissertation investigates the underlying tropes of Western climate fiction and seeks to understand how they may be better used to create awareness and galvanise action for mitigating climate crisis. It is therefore a matter of shared concern to imaginatively address these meteorological and anthropogenic issues through such a means as literature. The climate crisis is perhaps the most urgent critical collective issue that the contemporary global population faces today. This Masters Dissertation studies the tropes of contemporary English speaking Western climate fiction.
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