Utopian and Dystopian Perspectives in the Works of Jules Verne
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Jules Verne's narratives have played an essential role in science fiction literature, with wildly utopian and dystopian themes. His imagination and storytelling impacted the science fiction genre; he showed us the uses of technological advantages and disadvantages. This paper focuses on the duality of Jules Verne as a utopian and dystopian writer. This paper analyzed Verne's works, reflecting on his time's society and technological changes. This research highlighted the portrait of technology and society ideals in his utopias, criticized the Industrialization in his dystopias, and the influence of modern scientific thought on his narratives and its impact on his dual vision of contemporary speculative fiction. After closely following the qualitative methods and reading some texts, this paper analyzed Verne's beautifully balanced technology optimism with skepticism, reflecting on society's aspirations, which are profoundly connected with scientific advancement and influences on modern narrative forms. This research focused on utopian idealism and dystopian caution through his narratives and their connection in modern literary form. Keywords: utopian, dystopian, technology, societal critique, ethical implications
Author: Dipankar Mondal
Institution: Visva-Bharati University
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6930854433
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