La herencia del tema minero en la ciencia ficción: iris de Edmundo Paz Soldán

Translated title of the contribution: The Inheritance of the Mining Theme in Science Fiction: Iris by Edmundo Paz Soldán

Lilia Yvette Valencia Sánchez*, Gabriel Osuna Osuna

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

On the one hand, Iris (2014), by the Bolivian Edmundo Paz Soldán, is “pure and hard” Science Fiction, although not about aliens and Martians, but rather a political dystopia in the style of Orwell or Huxley. The novel takes place in an indeterminate future, on an island so devastated by nuclear experiments that its native inhabitants, the Irisinos, have evolved differently from the rest of humanity. This fork in the evolution of the human race represents the novum that plants the novel firmly in the science fiction genre. On the other hand, Iris is a novel with a mining theme that takes elements from the Bolivian mining narrative to account for both the exploitation of the Irisinos and the richness of their myths, traditions and culture. The present work explores both aspects, apparently contradictory, that converge in the novel and that relate the complexity of Latin American societies.
Translated title of the contributionThe Inheritance of the Mining Theme in Science Fiction: Iris by Edmundo Paz Soldán
Original languageSpanish
Article number4
JournalAlambique. Revista académica de ciencia ficción y fantasía
Volume8
Issue number1
StatePublished - 30 Sep 2021

Keywords

  • Comparative Literature
  • Latin American Literature

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