technological disaster called a “blast” opens a way to a direct leap from the Soviet utopianism to a post-historical world, where history is substitued by historical memory of the survivors, who reminisce about their life in the pre-blast Soviet times. The dystopian chronotope in the novel is built in a post-catastrophe city of Fyodor Kuzmichsk (prevously Moscow), where the Oldeners – the intelligentsia in the novel - and those born after the blast co-survive in an environment close to the Russian traditional
A study on the recurring elements and sub-genres of science fiction literature Introduction Science Fiction is a literary genre that deals with imaginative writing and incorporates elements that originate from science or scientific rudiments. It belongs to the category of speculative fiction and usually explores the impact of science and technology on the society. Science fiction has been a major literary genre consisting of various sub-genres and themes within it. A complete and inclusive definition
resistance an underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation. Psychology a process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences.” Resistance literature was about liberalism, freedom of thought and democracy. Writers such as Jack London, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell’s arose to struggle and finding a way to improve the life we live and speak for human beings. Works written in spirit of resistance