Children of Oryx, Children of Crake, Children of Men
Redefining the Post/Transhuman in Margaret Atwood's "ustopian" MaddAddam Trilogy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3753291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eduardo Marks De Marques (0000-0002-3067-7237, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 133-146 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Aletria Revista de Estudos de Literatura (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1679-3749 • E-ISSN: 2317-2096 |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Pro-Reitoria de Pesquisa (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17851/2317-2096.25.3.133-146 |
| OpenAlex | W2344939520 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
One of the main pillars of posthuman and transhuman thought is the use of technology as a means to ameliorate human life by helping overcome the flaws and limitations of the biological body. The effect of such trends has been central to the development of contemporary, third-turn dystopian novels in English, published in the past thirty or so years. However, one important aspect of such narratives is also their list of transgressive characteristics, distancing them from their modern, second-turn counterparts. The following article aims to discuss how transgressive the ideas of dystopia and transhumanism that form Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy are, essentially discussing whatever lies at the core of the human condition
Aesthetics · Art · Biology · Comics · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Distancing · Dystopia · Environmental ethics · Literature · Narrative · Posthuman · Posthumanism · Sociology · Transgressive · Transhumanism · Trilogy · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |