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Jannessari Ladani Z. Remembrance and Recreation of Human Lost: Reading Humanoid through Memory Studies. LCQ 2025; 17 (68)
URL: http://lcq.modares.ac.ir/article-29-76891-en.html
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University of Isfahan , z.jannessari@fgn.ui.ac.ir
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This article examines Zoha Kazemi’s novel, Humanoid, from the perspective of memory studies and pursues two goals: to delve into the effects of advanced technologies, in the dystopian society of the novel, on characters’ memories and the change in their human identity; and to examine the relation between the act of narrating in the novel and memory and its functions, and its relation with the formation of the political act and social reform. This research is necessary as Humanoid came into being in an era of rapid technological change whereby the impact of these developments on mind, memory, individual and collective identity, and culture is inevitable. Thus, the investigation of these concerns in the crucible of literature is a timely response. This study adopts theories from the field of memory studies and provides a close reading of parts of the novel whenever required. In this way, focal issues such as declarative memory and procedural memory, the connection of memory with technology and the formation of identity, and the connection of memory with politics and narrative in the novel will be expounded. The results show that modern technologies in the field of biology in the dystopian society of Humanoid are tools to control and shape the human identity, and put it on its path of evolution towards the post-human state. On the other hand, narrative can be considered as a tool to preserve human identity whereby it leads to political action, and moves the society towards awareness, resistance and change.
Article Type: Original Research |
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Contemporary Contemporary Criticism
Received: 2024/09/6 | Accepted: 2025/03/8 | Published: 2025/02/28
Received: 2024/09/6 | Accepted: 2025/03/8 | Published: 2025/02/28
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