86260 20210318091535.0 doi 10.12795/REN.2018.i22.08 sideral 113783 ART-2018-113783 eng (orcid)0000-0002-3056-2608 Laguarta Bueno, Carmen Universidad de Zaragoza Transhumanism in Dave Eggers’ "The circle": utopia vs. dystopia, dream vs. nightmare 2018 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Although transhumanism counts with the support of a growing number of followers, some critics and writers of fiction have recently warned about the detrimental effects that some particular technologies may have on human beings. Dave Eggers‘ 2013 The Circle is a novel that overtly deals with the possible dangers of transhumanism. Set in the near future, the novel places particular emphasis on social media tools and surveillance devices. This paper aims to explore some textual strategies the novel uses to set the debate over human enhancement technologies. More specifically, it argues that, by using a series of narrative strategies which ultimately make readers realize the dehumanization that social media tools and surveillance devices bring about, Eggers stresses the need to adopt a critical stance towards these technologies, avoiding the temptation of being carried away by their appealing promises. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/H03-17R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/FPU15-02576 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FFI2015-63506-P info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 0.101 2018 Literature and Literary Theory 2018 Q3 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 3004 345 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Filolog.Inglesa y Alema. Área Filología Inglesa 22, 1 (2018), 165-188 Rev. estud. norteam. Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos 1133-309X 332896 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/86260/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 54813 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/86260/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:86260 articulos driver 2021-03-18-09:10:15 ARTICLE