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| Article Name : | | | Dystopian Future in Contemporary Science Fiction | | Author Name : | | | Chintan Ambalal Mahida | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-573 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | sheer balance between fact and fiction on the grounds of science and technology paves the way towards imaginative faculties of human mind. A science fiction is a fine web, interwoven in a manner so that it can entertain at one end and can arouse one's creative imagination at the other. In the twentieth century, Science has entered in general fiction and drama in a variety of ways. Writers like Mary Shelly, H.G.Wells, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein are the pioneers of sci-fi writing. Science fiction is generally a story of future societies in which the impact of science and technology on mankind is a major theme of it. “Utopia” and “Dystopia” are two imaginary worlds which have been added in science fiction as an instrument of great philosophic and social significance. Dystopia in Science fiction presents a negative view of the future of society and humankind. Utopian works typically sketch a future in which technology improves the everyday life of human beings and advances civilization, while dystopian works offer an opposite view. This paper tries to analyze dystopian elements in contemporary sci-fi texts. For that purpose, I have taken some notable dystopian novels such as Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, George Orwell's 1984, Zamayatin's We and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Among all these novels, Brave New World represents ideal example of dystopian world. | | Keywords : | | |
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