Tecnología y catastrofismo: un análisis de necesidad y contingencia en "The Difference Engine" de William Gibson y Bruce Sterling

Alexia SARASÚA GUTIÉRREZ

doi:10.30827/impossibilia.252023.26935

Autores/as

Alexia SARASÚA GUTIÉRREZ Universidad de Oviedo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5818-9705

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/impossibilia.252023.26935

Palabras clave:

William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, La máquina diferencial, ucronía, causalidad, necesidad y contingencia.

Resumen

Si algo ha caracterizado la mayoría de los estudios sobre obras ucrónicas a lo largo de las últimas décadas, es la falta de consenso con respecto a su auténtica naturaleza, dificultando así la labor de los académicos que tratan de encontrar una definición adecuada del género literario. En 2013, Kathleen Singles publica su libro Alternate History: Playing with Necessity and Contingency, en el que propone una característica determinante de las ucronías: la contemplación de las nociones paradójicas de necesidad y contingencia. Por consiguiente, el principal objetivo de este artículo es exponer las diferentes maneras en las que la novela The Difference Engine (1990) de William Gibson y Bruce Sterling manifiesta esta característica, demostrando así que la propuesta de Singles se trata de una valiosa aportación al campo de los estudios ucrónicos.

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