THE POETICS OF CYBORG CHARACTERS IN THE NOVELS OF PAT CADIGAN
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Pat Cagan, cyberpunk, cyborg, poetics, virtual reality, identity, post-human, social inequality.Abstract
This article analyzes the artistic poetics of cyborg characters in Pat Cagan's novels. In Cagan's work, the cyborg appears not as a simple technical being, but as a philosophical and social symbol. Through the construction of metaphor, symbol, and plot, the writer illuminates the complex relationship between man and technology in an artistic form. The article examines virtual reality and the problem of identity, social inequality, and the concept of post-humanity as key ideas. In Cagan's works, cyborg images are considered not only as a literary aesthetic element, but also as a poetic tool expressing the ethical and philosophical problems of modern society.
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