Publication: Representation of the Body in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s The Coming Race
dc.contributor.author | Jaroenvong, Kornnop | |
dc.coverage.temporal | 1871-1871 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-14T17:14:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-14T17:14:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.date.issuedBE | 2564 | |
dc.description.abstract | Many critics have suggested that most of the monstrous characters in late-Victorian British science-fiction novels represent social misfits and the cultural fear of physical and moral degeneration. However, scholars of critical posthumanism believed that the body born in a techno-scientific context can depict a progressive hybrid that destabilises the natural-unnatural dualism from an anthropocentric view. In line with this posthuman perspective, this article studies Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s The Coming Race (1871) in which the non-human characters, the Vril-ya, can be considered advanced beings instead of malformed monsters. It argues that such characters represent progression rather than degeneration since the portrayal of their electric body, a body integrated with electrical technology, affirms the necessity for a bio-technological reform of civilisation. Through the electric body, Bulwer-Lytton seems to suggest the possibility of a new form of life that co-evolves with technology. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2586-906X (Online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://harrt.in.th/handle/123456789/1703 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.subject | Body | |
dc.subject | Victorian Science Fiction | |
dc.subject | Posthumanism | |
dc.subject | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | |
dc.subject | The Coming Race | |
dc.subject.isced | 0232 วรรณคดีและภาษาศาสตร์ | |
dc.subject.oecd | 6.2 ภาษาและวรรณคดี | |
dc.title | Representation of the Body in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s The Coming Race | |
dc.type | บทความวารสาร (Journal Article) | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
harrt.itemID | 63 | |
harrt.researchArea | วรรณกรรมอังกฤษ | |
harrt.researchGroup | ภาษาอังกฤษ | |
harrt.researchTheme.1 | วิเคราะห์วรรณกรรม/วรรณคดี | |
harrt.researchTheme.2 | นวนิยาย | |
mods.location.url | https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/thoughts/article/view/246205 | |
oaire.citation.endPage | 37 | |
oaire.citation.startPage | 16 | |
oaire.citation.title | Thoughts | |
oaire.citation.volume | 1 |