ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS IN PRIMEVAL AND BIO-PUNK CIVILIZATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AWAN’S SORROWS OF SARASVATIAND BACIGALUPI’S THE WINDUP GIRL

Abstract

In the era of information technology, the philosophy of existence has been modified and transformed by scientific advancements. Post-cyberpunk literature depicts these advancements through multilayered subjects, including imperialism, robotics, mechanization, religion, capitalism, ecology, environmental catastrophe, and hyper-casualization. This research aims to foreground the role of these advancements in the environmental crisis within primeval and bio-punk civilizations. Post-cyberpunk literature addresses the divergent practices pertinent to environmental issues represented in primeval and bio-punk narratives. This study employs Gregg Garrard's theorization of ecocriticism to encompass various ecocritical perspectives, aiming to understand how the relationship between humans and the environment is portrayed in post-cyberpunk literature. This study focuses on Safeer Awan’s Sorrows of Sarasvati and Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl to examine how the differences and adjustments between cyberpunk and post-cyberpunk milieus portray the environmental concerns of the modern era. Using the socio-cognitive perspective of Van Dijk, the illustrations in the selected texts explore the anthropocentric nature of futuristic technology.