Technology and Individualism in The City and the Stars by A.C. Clarke

Abstract

This bachelor thesis examines the novels The City and the Stars by A.C. Clarke and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. At the centre of the attention are the main protagonists of the books and the dystopian societies in which they live. The thesis deals with the impacts of technologically advanced cultures on humanity of communities as well as on the humanity of an individual in the two books. The theoretical part of the thesis explores the creation of utopian / dystopian thought and the development and characteristics of dystopian Sci-fi genre during the 19th and 20th century.