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The Evolution of the Robotic Other in Science Fiction Film and Literature: from the Age of the Human to the Era of the Post-human

Humphrey, Gregory MacKenzie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1296245075

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2010, Master of Arts in English, Cleveland State University, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
Science fiction film and literature establishes one of the most effective mediums for providing incisive critical analysis of complex sociopolitical issues. An observation of the robotic Other in Karel Capek’s early 20th century play R.U.R.:(Rossum’s Universal Robots), Philip K. Dick’s acclaimed novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, and Ronald D. Moore’s re-envisioning of the pop-culture, science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica, provides an illustrative study of how the creators of these varied science fiction works utilize the robotic Other to destabilize the more traditional boundaries of the Other and create a narrative that demands critical examination of the post-human concept. The collection of works analyzed in this paper use the robotic Other to study how humanity confronts the divisive issues that arise in post-human civilizations, and addresses how these issues will by necessity require a symbiotic coexistence between humanity and its technological creation in order to not merely survive but flourish in this new post-human universe.
Jim Marino, PhD (Committee Chair)
Jeff Karem, PhD (Committee Member)
Ted Lardner, PhD (Committee Member)
60 p.
American Literature; Film Studies; Literature; Motion Pictures; Theater Studies
science fiction; post-human; robotic Other; Karel Capek; Philip K. Dick; Battlestar Galactica

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  • Humphrey, G. M. (2010). The Evolution of the Robotic Other in Science Fiction Film and Literature: from the Age of the Human to the Era of the Post-human [Master's thesis, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1296245075

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Humphrey, Gregory. The Evolution of the Robotic Other in Science Fiction Film and Literature: from the Age of the Human to the Era of the Post-human. 2010. Cleveland State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1296245075.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Humphrey, Gregory. "The Evolution of the Robotic Other in Science Fiction Film and Literature: from the Age of the Human to the Era of the Post-human." Master's thesis, Cleveland State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1296245075

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