Posthuman Becoming Narratives in Contemporary Anglophone Science Fiction

Posthuman Becoming Narratives in Contemporary Anglophone Science Fiction
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 9781527588516
ISBN-13 : 1527588513
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Download or read book Posthuman Becoming Narratives in Contemporary Anglophone Science Fiction written by Zhang Na and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the integration of narratology with posthumanism by examining a large scope of narratives in science fiction over nearly half a century in a range of major Anglophone countries. Based on the rhizome of posthumanism, analysis of the posthuman narrative embodiments in selected contemporary Anglophone science fiction, it investigates Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Ian Watson’s The Jonah Kit (1975), Iain Banks’ The Bridge (1986) and Richard Powers’ Galatea 2.2 (1995) as exemplifying various aspects of posthuman becoming-other. The book shows that, in the reactive logic of nihilism, the becoming-other posthuman, rather than posing a threat, proves to be the companion and savior of human beings, whose apocalyptic sacrifice brings back the all-too-human humanity to the chaotic world of presence.


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