Engineering Peace through Genetic Modification, a Study on the Role of Literature in Employing Technology - Novella New Adam as a Model

Abstract

The content of this research (Engineering Peace through Genetic Modification, a Study on the Role of Literature in Employing Technology - Novella New Adam as a Model) is devoted to examining the role of literature and its function in revealing the relationship between building peace socially and rapid technological development, specifically in the field of Indian genetic technology, and the attempt to build a world free of violence, based on coexistence and rejection of conflicts. The importance of the study lies in its revelation of the possibility of literary studies, specifically stories and novels, in presenting proposals for building peace through genetic modification, provided that this does not conflict with human values and the ethics of genetic employment. Therefore, the research will pose its problem in the following question: How can literature present narratives of peace through the employment of genetic engineering instead of the state of conflict that has become the problem of the era? The study will aim to analyze the novella (New Adam) as a case to understand the implications and potential success of genetic modification in building peace. Therefore, the study structure will be built according to three axes - subject to change according to the developments of the analysis - the first axis deals with the relationship between literature and technology (literature as a cultural mediator in change), while the second axis deals with (the point of view of narrative elements in genetic modification), and the third axis will deal with (the variation in the role of genetic modification in engineering peace according to the duality of colonialism/liberation), followed by the conclusion and recommendations