The Black Child at the End of the World: Analysis of the Black Child's Perspective in N.K. Jemisin's The Broken Earth Trilogy

Makoba, Tina
(2025)

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Supervisors
De Bruyn, Ben
Faculty
Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres
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Master [120] en langues et lettres modernes, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée: sciences et métiers du livre
Abstract
This thesis aims to analyze the Black child's perspective in N.K. Jemisin's The Broken Earth trilogy. In other words, which techniques of language Jemisin uses to convey the black child's perspective in a post-apocalyptic world. To do so, this thesis uses three articles as starting points: Marco Caracciolo’s article “Child Minds at the End of the World” published in 2022, Kim Wickham’s article “Identity, Memory, Slavery: Second-Person Narration in N.K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth Trilogy” published in 2019 and Emily Ashton’s book Anthropocene childhoods: Speculative fiction, racialization, and climate crisis published in 2022. The thesis seeks to demonstrate, in a broader context, why black children must be included in climate change debates