• Roya Jabarouti

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• J. S. Hardev

  Author

Human’s awareness of his destructive power after WWII, and the fear of his destiny
gave rise to the emergence of Post-apocalyptic literature. The Chrysalides (1955), John
Wyndham's science fiction, takes these anxieties into its narration while making direct references
to the past, the Old People and the Tribulation. Yet, there is hope and a way to an optimistic
future in the story. This study looks for the major elements of Post-apocalyptic novels, in The
Chrysalides. This study attempts to indicate the author’s criticism of his contemporary events
and tendency towards technology, reflected in the remains of the past in his novel. The present
study also reveals the utopian vision of the future, which all the same suggests an alternative for
the present corruption in human condition.

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