The juxtaposition of the posthuman and transhuman in the dystopian genre: An analysis of the Divergent and The 5th Wave trilogies

This paper aims to discuss the way the philosophical currents of transhumanism and posthumanism re-signify the human component in contemporary dystopias. In this sense, we aim to compare the trilogies Divergent and The Fifth Wave, two narratives that are symptoms of the current Western political and...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Marks de Marques, Ânderson Martins Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2017-06-01
Series:Ilha do Desterro
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/47677