Lexical Features of the Chinese Science Fiction Novel "The Wandering Earth"
Wandering Earth is one of the major works of Chinese science fiction literature in recent years. By constructing a huge escape plan for the Earth, the novel artistically shows the struggle and resistance of human beings in a desperate situation. Based on scientific imagination, it depicts the many possibilities of the future world. Against this background, Wandering Earth, as well as other modern science fiction novels with a broad vision and cosmic sensibility, has become an important research paradigm. Under the theoretical framework of linguistic stylistics, this study analyses the vocabulary of Wandering Earth in depth using rich linguistic materials to reveal author Liu Ci xin's linguistic skills in constructing science fiction worlds and expressing themes. The study examines the terminology in the fields of science and engineering that is widely used in the novel, and the function of these terms in science fiction. It also examines whether the novel draws on vocabulary or imagery from traditional Chinese culture to enrich the connotation of the science fiction world.
Keywords: lexical features, Liu Ci xin, Wandering Earth, science fiction.