When Science Interrupts History: New Soviet Man and Posthuman Science in Mikhail Bulgakov’s Heart of a Dog

• 영문명: When Science Interrupts History: New Soviet Man and Posthuman Science in Mikhail Bulgakov’s Heart of a Dog
• 발행기관: 충북대학교 러시아 알타이지역 연구소
• 저자명: Kim, Myungsung
• 간행물 정보: 『러시아학』제26호, 289~301쪽, 전체 13쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2023.02.28

영문 초록

This article explores the cultural and conceptual place of humanity in Heart of a Dog, and brings it into line with the novel’s allegorical view of history. Sharik’s transformation allegorically depicts the changes in Russian society after the Bolshevik occupation of the country. Criticizing the rapid collapse of the old Russian tradition and the establishment of a new system, Bulgakov represents the absurd history of the Soviet Union in the novel. Along with the novel’s historical allusions to the New Soviet Man project, the eugenic experiment that sought to enhance human faculties via supposedly scientific ways, issues of humanity and subjectivity are discussed in the scientific advances posed in Heart of a Dog’s metamorphosis story. The novel’s account of how human-enhancing technology served its ideological function after the revolutionary change in Russian history is the author’s response to one of the most provocative and complex issues when the communist regime sought to appropriate the scientific method for political purposes. Bulgakov presents a strong political satire using post-humanistic imagination while contemplating the place of human and humanity at the time when science intervened in human life.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Revolution and the New Soviet Man

Ⅲ. Post-Darwinian Utopia and Posthuman Selfhood

Ⅳ. Conclusion

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키워드

개의 심장 미하일 불가코프 뉴 소비에트 맨 포스트휴먼 러시아 혁명 Heart of a Dog Mikhail Bulgakov New Soviet Man Posthuman Russian Revolution