The interrelation between technology and art in ``Brave New World'' and ``Never let me go''

Abstract

This paper examines the role of technology and art in dystopian literature and their interrelation in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go (2005). Both dystopian novels depict the societies where technological advancements profoundly influence and control human life, creativity, and individuality. In Brave New World, technology is used to control and dehumanize individuals and to achieve social stability. Art is limited to suppress humans' emotions and self-expression as the world controllers want to do everything that they can erase the past. In Never Let Me Go, technology plays an important role in controlling the lives of characters who are bred to donate their organs. Within this context, art, particularly the students' creative work at Hailsham, serves as an emotional symbol of expression, identity, human dignity, and value. This paper argues that both novels employ the relationship between technology and art to criticise the dehumanizing consequences of technological progress and highlight the role of art as a space for resistance, self-expression, and the preservation of individuality. Through a comparative literary analysis, the study explores the tension between creativity and technological control in dystopian societies. It concludes that Brave New World and Never Let Me Go encourage readers to consider how art might preserve human dignity in the society dominated by technological innovations. Both novels can make us think about how technology and art coexist and influence each other in shaping the future of humanity.