Apocalypse is No More Far, it is here: Prognostication about Technological Jeopardies in Dystopian Fiction and Film

Abstract

The aim of this dissertation is to showcase that dystopian fictions are consist of predictions regarding few technological hazard which currently might not seem like a threat towards us. Living in 21st century, our life is immersed in science and technological advancement and we are extremely welcoming towards those technological flourishing as we do not want to be non-progressive. However, while welcoming the gradual technological flourishment to make life more comfortable and advanced, we are inviting some unexplainable threats towards us. This thesis has focused on three such emerging crisis, which are; obsession towards electrical beauty enhancement, invasion of surveillance through social media and the use of life comforting technological tools and lastly, threat towards human originality caused by the normalization of body enhancement i.e. cyborg and extreme practice of genetic engineering. This thesis will attempt to demonstrate that authors of dystopian fictions have attempted to warn the readers by foreseeing and predicting few crucial technological hazard. While doing so, this thesis have used five primary sources which consists of three novels, one TV series and one Movie. The used novels are, Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley, Uglies (2005) by Scott Westerfeld, If I had Your Face (2020) by Frances Cha. The two other primary visual fictions are, American TV series You (2018), developed by Greg Berlanti and Sara Gamble and Dystopian sci-fi film RoboCop (2014) directed by José Padilha.