“CARTA A ESTOCOLMO”: SCIENCE FICTION AND SCIENCE UNDER THE POSTMODERN SIGN

Abstract

1997), and narrates the research of a scientist for the precision of time. As the character-narrator advances his story, he describes uses and calculations of scientific (fictional) forms to achieve his goal, until he finds himself unable to complete his search due to human limitation. In addition, as his research in the field of precision advances, the narrator receives several awards: the story begins with his refusal of the Nobel Prize in physics precisely because he opposes the fact that a charlatan receives the honor. Thus, this article aims to analyze how the short story, as a science fiction narrative, according to the proposals of Todorov (2014), Link (2002) and Seed (2011), based on the theories of the postmodern by Lyotard (2004) and Hutcheon (1989), can be read as a critique of science and the claims of scientific discourse.

Keywords: Brazilian science fiction. Postmodern. Victor Giudice.