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%T The Orientalist Semiotics of "Dune": Religious and Historical References within Frank Herbert's Universe %A Jacob, Frank %P 117 %D 2022 %I Büchner-Verlag %K Lawrence of Arabia; Frank Herbert; Paul of Arrakis; Paul Atreides; colonialism; Dune; human collectivism; human-animal relations; T.E. Lawrence; political elitism; Denis Villeneuve; cross-generational audience; ecology; desert planet; religion; orientalism %@ 978-3-96317-851-1 %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-78347-6 %X 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 Arrakis. "Dune" offers many different motifs, including a hero that eventually turns into a superhuman being. However, the novel is also rich of orientalist semiotics and relates to a sign system existent when Herbert wrote his book. Frank Jacob discusses these semiotics in detail and shows how much of "Lawrence of Arabia" is present in the story's plot. %C DEU %C Marburg %G en %9 Monographie %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info