The Interplay of Satire, Parody, and Epistemic Frameworks:  Literature and Science in "Time’s Arrow" and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

Unai Izquierdo Berasaluce

doi:10.18172/jes.6624

Authors

Unai Izquierdo Berasaluce Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6159-4805

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.6624

Keywords:

satire, parody, technoscience, epistemic frameworks, temporality, human/non-human divide

Abstract

This paper explores the intersection of satire, parody, and scientific paradigms in Time’s Arrow by Martin Amis and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. Both novels deploy satire and parody to challenge dominant notions of rationality, ethics, and human identity. Amis manipulates temporality to reveal the ideological mechanisms that frame historical atrocities as rational progress, while Dick blurs the human/nonhuman divide, uncovering the artificial foundations of technoscientific conceptions of identity. As contemporary shifts in artificial intelligence, digital media, and geopolitical power reshape knowledge production, literature continues to play a crucial role in interrogating shifting epistemic frameworks. By analyzing these works, this article examines how satire and parody function as conduits between literature and scientific discourse, illustrating their ability to challenge and destabilize entrenched systems of thought.

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