MOTIVES OF USE OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF ADVANCED SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SUPPRESSION IN THE NOVEL-ANTIUTOPIA AND IN THE WORKS OF RUSSIAN CYBERPANK

Abstract

The article studies motives of use achievements of advanced science and social suppression in the novel-antiutopia and the works of Russian cyberpunk. It is noted that antiutopia as a whole is characterized by the image of scientific and technological achievements using the methods of grotesque and fiction. The motive of use of achievements of advanced science which transforms into the works of Russian cyberpunk may take on a slightly different emphasis. Thus, the grotesquely-fantastically presented achievements of advanced science in the art world of the considering genre can themselves acquire the ability to manipulate public consciousness. The motive of use of achievements of advanced science in the antiutopian novel is closely related to the motive of social suppression. The article concludes that Russian cyberpunk inherited the motive of social suppression from the antiutopian novel. Individual elements of the motive of use of achievements of advanced science in antiutopia can organically fit into its structure.