Deliberate Derangement and the Representation of Nonhuman Agency in Contemporary Oceanic Climate Fiction

This study explores how climate fiction utilizes 'deliberate derangement' to represent the Anthropocene. It examines how narrative concealment can highlight the limits of human-centered worldviews in the face of nonhuman agency.

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Some recent climate novels about the ocean deliberately hold back what is going on. This study asks how that hiding helps show that things which are not human can act in their own right, and where human-centred thinking falls short.

Primary research question

How do oceanic climate fiction texts employ narrative concealment to represent the agency of nonhuman entities?

Knowledge gap

What remains worth asking

The source suggests that further research could examine how readers process these 'uncanny presence-in-absence' narratives in different cultural contexts.

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Why it may matter

This research advances the environmental humanities by theorizing new modes of storytelling for the Anthropocene.

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6.5Other humanities

Environmental HumanitiesLiterary StudiesFutures Studies

Study frame: Contemporary oceanic climate fiction literature. · Method signals: Narrative analysis, Close reading, Ecocritical theory

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Postgraduate diploma

Exploration of ecocritical themes in contemporary literature.

Research master’s

Analysis of narrative strategies in climate-focused fiction.

Doctoral

Theoretical development of nonhuman agency in Futures Studies.

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85/100 quality

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Requires deep engagement with literary theory.
Suitable for interdisciplinary humanities research.
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APA 7 source

Celeste, M. (2026). Narrative Horizons: Deliberate Derangement in Oceanic Climate Fiction. Future Humanities, 4(1), Article e70025. https://doi.org/10.1002/fhu2.70025

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