Apocalypse in Media, Literature, and Linguistics

Mohamed Mliless is an independent researcher in ecolinguistics and critical environmental discourse analysis, Meknes, Morocco.Latifa Belfakir is the Head of the Department of English Studies at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Dhar El Mehraz, Fez, Morocco.Hicham Laabidi is an associate professor of applied linguistics at the School of Arts and Humanities, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco.

• List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1: Navigating the Apocalypse A Character and Thematic Analysis of ‘The Road’ Film MohamedMohamed Mliless and Latifa Belfakir Chapter 2: “Why so alarmist?” or An Ecolinguistic approach to apocalyptic discourses on climate changeDavi Albuquerque Chapter 3: Apocalypse and How: Framing Climate Change in KenyaPhilip W. Rudd and Peter GithinjiChapter 4: From Crisis to Apocalypse: Disrupted Ecosystems and Broken Bonds in Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the FloodOmar EL OtmaniChapter 5: Death-Worlds of the Niger Delta Environmental Necropolitics and ResistanceOlarotimi OgungbemiChapter 6: Let Nature Speak, Climate Impacts and the Language of the Environment as a Laboratory for Learning: An Ecolinguistic Approach.Peter MakwanyaChapter 7: “Is Climate Change Real or Far-Fetched?”: Unraveling Audiences’ Responses on Climate Change in The Day After TomorrowAri Setyorini, Jepri Ali Saiful and Sofi Yunianti Chapter 8: Exploring Apocalyptic Environmental Discourse through Cultural StudiesLoubna El BdaouiChapter 9: Deconstructing Environmental Apocalypse Narratives: A Critical Analysis of Michael Shellenberger's WorkMohammed El Messaoudi and Hicham Laabidi ConclusionAbout the Editors and Contributors

"This edited volume effectively grips our imaginaries and impressively guides us as we do our best to navigate through the churning uncertainties in these turbulent times. The contributions to the book charts valuable courses through eddies of concerns, worries and woes in directions of hopes, ambitions and aspirations. I recommend this to readers who seek to work through surrender and arrive at productive engagement with contemporary global challenges."