Technoculture and the Propaganda: A Postmodern Reading of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake

Author(s)	NARINDER KUMAR
Country	India
Abstract	This paper examines the role of technology in spreading propaganda through a postmodern lens, by studying Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel Oryx and Crake. Drawing from postmodern theory the paper argues that technology has become a powerful tool for propaganda dissemination and manipulation, and that it is increasingly difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction in the media-saturated environment. Through an analysis of the novel’s depiction of a dystopian future society where technology is used to control and manipulate the masses.
Keywords	Technoculture, technocracy, technology, postmodernism, propaganda, hyperreality, simulation.
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 3, May-June 2023
Published On	2023-05-31
Cite This	Technoculture and the Propaganda: A Postmodern Reading of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake - NARINDER KUMAR - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 3, May-June 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i03.3392
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i03.3392
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gr97r7

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