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