Volume VI Special Issue V June 2026

Name of Author : Mr. Tripuraneni Sujith, Dr. Sr. Candy D zuna

Title of the paper : Environmental and Posthuman Concerns in Margaret Atwoods Dystopian Literature

Abstract:  Margaret Atwoods Oryx and Crake, a speculative fiction novel set in a dystopian future, portrays the devastating consequences of unethical scientific experimentation, which ultimately causes a global pandemic that destroys most of humanity. This chapter studies the novel through an ecocritical lens, focusing on how human centered science and technology manipulate nature in order to fulfill human greed, luxury, and excessive desires. Profit driven capitalist systems treat nature merely as a resource for exploitation, gradually leading to ecological destruction and environmental collapse. Atwood challenges the traditional division between nature and culture, which positions humans as separate from and superior to the natural world. Through the portrayal of genetically engineered hybrid creatures, the novel offers a posthuman critique of human supremacy and exceptionalism. Furthermore, Atwood questions Crakes utopian vision of ending human suffering by replacing humans with a genetically modified species. By exposing unethical biotechnological experiments and a society controlled through surveillance and social pressure, the novel highlights the paradoxes and flaws within this seemingly perfect world.

Keywords : human centered science, environmental collapse, engineered hybrid creature.

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Page Number : 151-157