Theme of Collective Errors of Humanity in Shikasta by Doris Lessing
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https://doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v10i11.11378Keywords:
Space Fiction, Evolution, Degenerative Diseas , SOWF.Abstract
At times when the world ready for transformation with deconstruction, Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing (1919 – 2013) is an author whose wholistic vision and prophetic voice is much needed for understanding collective errors of Human beings. The present paper analyses one of her Novels Shikasta where she uses medium of science fiction for showing us the path we have chosen and our impending doom due to that.
Furthermore, the analysis is also aimed to show how Lessing uses literature to highlight the issues of colonialism, pollution, population, and draws a subtle connection between them. The paper aims to show Lessing’s views on misguided, unmanaged scientific growth and evolution.
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Lessing, Doris. Shikasta: Re, Colonised Planet 5, Vintage, 1981.
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