shipwreck story
Maritime disaster narrative
A shipwreck story is a narrative centered on the destruction of a vessel at sea and its aftermath—survival, rescue, or death.
The genre spans Robinson Crusoe to Titanic accounts to castaway films.
The term often implies themes of isolation, resourcefulness, and confrontation with nature: Every shipwreck story is really about what people become when civilization falls away.
- castawayShipwrecked and stranded person
- survivorOne still alive after
- maroonedLeft stranded and helpless
- desert islandIsolated landmass, no inhabitants
- islandWater-bounded land mass
storm · sea · uncharted waters · rescue · SOS signal · stranded · lost at sea · Robinson Crusoe · Swiss Family Robinson · lifeboat · driftwood · waves · man overboard · drowning · treasure · pirates · reef · captain