The subjectivity of the human in the shadow of technocracy. Based on Valery Bryusov’s fantasy novels Cover Image

Podmiotowość człowieka w cieniu technokracji. Rozważania wokół utworów fantastycznych Walerija Briusowa
The subjectivity of the human in the shadow of technocracy. Based on Valery Bryusov’s fantasy novels

Author(s): Justyna Tymieniecka-Suchanek
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Russian Literature, Culture and social structure , Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Valery Bryusov; distopia; science fiction; technocratic system; machine; subjectivity

Summary/Abstract: Dystopian futuristic visions in the science fiction prose and dramaturgy of Valery Bryusov, who created civilizational anti-worlds in them, are presented in the article. The author puts forward a thesis that the technocratic system in writer’s works leads to objectification of human being, on which existence technology has a disastrous influence. In particular, the researcher focuses on writer’s unfinished narratives „Powstanie maszyn” and „Bunt maszyn”.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 123-139
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish