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A Postcard From the Future: Technology, Desire, and Myth in Contemporary Science Fiction

机译:未来的明信片:当代科幻小说中的技术,欲望和神话

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This thesis argues that modern, post-apocalyptic science fiction functions as a projected analysis of the author's contemporary world. This insight is used to chart the historical trajectory of the spread of automaticity, the reduction of objects, and the loss of historical memory. The Introduction introduces readers to both the literary and critical histories of science fiction, contextualizing the worlds that George R. Stewart, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Margaret Atwood write in. Chapter One analyzes George R. Stewart's 1949 novel Earth Abides, using it to demonstrate how the growing trend of automaticity leads toward a reduction of physical objects, and a misunderstanding of politics. Chapter Two uses Ursula K. Le Guin's 1973 novel The Lathe of Heaven to reveal an acceleration of automaticity and reduction of objects though the manipulation of human desire. This, in turn, leads to a loss of historical memory via Herbert Marcuse's concept of repressive desublimation. Chapter Three charts the effects that the advent of the virtual has had on automaticity and the manipulation of human desire through an engagement with Margaret Atwood's 2003 novel Oryx and Crake.
机译:本论文认为,现代的,后世界末日的科幻小说是对作者的当代世界的预期分析。这种见解用于绘制自动化程度,对象减少和历史记忆丧失的历史轨迹。导言向读者介绍了科幻小说的文学史和批评史,并结合了乔治·R·斯图尔特,厄休拉·K·勒金和玛格丽特·阿特伍德所写的世界。第一章分析了乔治·R·斯图尔特1949年的小说《大地之地》,并以此为依据。展示自动化程度的增长趋势如何导致减少物理对象以及对政治的误解。第二章使用Ursula K. Le Guin的1973年小说《天堂的车床》,揭示了通过操纵人类的欲望而实现的自动化和物体减少的加速。反过来,这导致通过赫伯特·马尔库塞(Herbert Marcuse)的压抑升华概念失去了历史记忆。第三章通过与玛格丽特·阿特伍德(Margaret Atwood)2003年的小说《羚羊与克雷克》(Oryx and Crake)的接触,描绘了虚拟现实的出现对自动化和操纵人类欲望的影响。

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