| ID | 138590 |
| Title Proper | After 1989 |
| Other Title Information | the new wave of Chinese science fiction |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Song, Mingwei |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper examines the new wave of Chinese science fiction as both a subversion and variation of the genre’s utopianism of the earlier age. Wang Jinkang’s Ant Life (2007), Liu Cixin’s China 2185 (1989), the Three-Body Trilogy (2006-2010), and the short story “The Micro-Era” (1999) are the main texts this paper studies. Their reflections on utopianism speak to the post-1989 changing intellectual culture and political economy. This paper argues that the new wave of Chinese science fiction contains a self-conscious effort to energise the utopian/dystopian variations rather than a simple denial of utopianism or a total embrace of dystopian disillusionment, and this is particularly represented in Liu Cixin’s novels. The paper also provides some preliminary thoughts on the vision of a post-human future depicted in Liu Cixin’s science fiction. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Perspectives , No.1; 2015: p.7-14 |
| Journal Source | China Perspectives 2015-03 |
| Key Words | Coda ; After 1989 ; New Wave ; Chinese Science Fiction ; Mao - Science Fiction ; Post Human Future |