My thesis is an attempt to analyze the contemporary developments of utopian criticism by investigating how Eggers’ The Circle, Ted Chiang's Liking What You See: A Documentary and the critically acclaimed TV series Black Mirror depict an alternative near-future in which developmental tendencies in the application of technology have shaped society. This project moves from an introductory overview of the field of utopian studies to a consideration of the relation of the aforementioned imagined futures to our present; I argue that exploring how technology is portrayed might provide a way of surveying contemporary society’s possible futures, thus constituting a potential catalyst for social transformation in the post-postmodern era.

Technofutures: Technology and Utopia in Contemporary American Narratives

Galzignato, Marco
2018/2019

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My thesis is an attempt to analyze the contemporary developments of utopian criticism by investigating how Eggers’ The Circle, Ted Chiang's Liking What You See: A Documentary and the critically acclaimed TV series Black Mirror depict an alternative near-future in which developmental tendencies in the application of technology have shaped society. This project moves from an introductory overview of the field of utopian studies to a consideration of the relation of the aforementioned imagined futures to our present; I argue that exploring how technology is portrayed might provide a way of surveying contemporary society’s possible futures, thus constituting a potential catalyst for social transformation in the post-postmodern era.
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