Ordem e progresso: as visões da ficção científica brasileira sobre o desenvolvimento social e econômico

Abstract

This paper aims to elaborate a reading of tales from the brazilian Science Fiction’s Three Waves, extracted from the collection Fractais Tropicais, organized by Nelson de Oliveira. The selected tales are Quinze Minutos by Ademir Assunção, Acúmulo de Skinnot em Megamerc by Ivan Carlos Regina and A Ficcionista by Dinah Silveira de Queiroz. The interpretation approach was based on the marxist literary criticism proposed by Terry Eagleton, with focus on the themes of “progress” and “order”, layed in the brazilian reality as a country that belongs in the peripheral capitalism. The methodology was based on the analysis of selected parts from the tales, comparing them with the theoretical reference presented, configuring, therefore, a qualitative research of the pieces from a spatial, historic and socioeconomic frame.