OVER EXCESSIVE AMBITION AS REFLECTED IN THREE SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS: FRANKENSTEIN, SOLARIS AND INFERNAL DEVICES

Name: OVER EXCESSIVE AMBITION AS REFLECTED IN THREE SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS: FRANKENSTEIN, SOLARIS AND INFERNAL DEVICES
Rating: 5 (10 reviews)

KHULOD H. HUSAIN

Aug 2021 · KY Publications Book 1 · KY Publications

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This book attempts to explore the emergence of science fiction as a genre and its development into steampunk as a subgenre of science fiction in selected science fiction novels: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1823), Stanislaw Lem's Solaris (1970) and K. W. Jeter's Infernal Devices (1987). This research shows that the scientists in these novels drag themselves into darkness. Victor, the protagonists of Frankenstein, is an ambition scientist who wants to conquer death but tragically loses his family during this endeavor. Kelvin, the hero of Solaris, is psychologically devastated when he struggles to understand how Solaris ocean creates a simulation of people. The hero of the third novel, George Dewar's father, a mad scientist and inventor, creates a double of his own son as a robot tries to destroy the earth. The main argument of this research is that all these novels set in different eras draw on science fiction to criticize and question man's greedy and unrestricted desire for scientific discovery to the extent that they want to conquer the universe and play the role of God. The study will ask the following questions: How do the ambitious scientists in the novels drag themselves into madness? And how does the scientific desire turn into a crave for transcendence bringing about their damnation? What do these scientific explorations and inventions reveal about human nature? Does steampunk bring evolution to the future as a sub-genre of science fiction?

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5.0

10 reviews

Noor Lee

March 25, 2023

Very good explanation about the novels, the author explains the characters and the theory in a different w

Ghada Mass

March 25, 2023

I like the book The connection among heroes , the connection between steampunk and science fiction

Abdull-Rahman Sakr

March 25, 2023

It's very good book, I recommend it. 👍

About the author

Khoulod Husain has spent seven years developing her personal experience and career in learning the English language and English literature. Her passion for writing articles made her want to achieve her goals. While she focuses on studying Literature, she provides services for students young and adults to learn the English Language as well. In 2019, she published an article about Bell Jar novel by Sylvia Plath, which deals with a female Esther Greenwood rises from her dark zone to be a strong woman faces her own breakdown.

Khoulod Husain struggles to educate herself despite the harsh circumstances by receiving CTEFL certificate of English teaching in 2020. (2017-2020), she received her education at Aydin University in İstanbul/Turkey with a Master’s in English Literature. She also holds a Bachelor’s in the English Language in Baghdad/ Iraq at Baghdad University. She intends to finish her studies to gain a Ph.D. degree in English Literature. She is an avid researcher, and her work has been published today to fulfill her dream.

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