New Maps of Hope: Common Motifs and Narrative Structures in Solarpunk Stories

The article seeks to identify common motifs and narrative structures in the emerging genre of solarpunk. research presented covers short stories from five anthologies: Sunvault: Stories Solarpunk Eco-Speculation (2017), Solarpunk: Ecological Fantastical Sto­ries a Sustainable World (2018), Glass Gardens: Summers Winters (2020), Multispecies Cities: Urban Futures (2021). Based on ideas methods formalism structuralism developed by Vlad­imir Propp Claude Lévi-Strauss, analysis allows for systematic description elements stories. purpose is determine properties solarpunk terms story types relations between them, plots their varieties, constellations characters, recurring motifs. shows that range can be identified across anthologies. most obvious ubiquity solar imageries, spanning descriptions sunshine tech­nicalities connected with panels. issue sustainability also omnipresent, frequent criticism consumerism, strife ecological solutions problems waste management, recycling, durability materials, energy production one main catalysts established typologies character types.