Journal of Digital Humanities and Science Fiction Studies
DHSFS, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026, pp. 105-115.
Print ISSN: 3105-1278; Online ISSN: 3105-1286
Journal homepage: https://www.dhsfs.com
DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/DHSFS.26.1.09
论《发条女孩》中人类与后人类建构对话关系的可能性
张 媛（Zhang Yuan）
摘要：《发条女孩》是美国作家保罗·巴奇加卢皮于2009年发表的长篇小说。其中，后人类形象惠美子的边缘身份联系着底层群体、女性、外来难民和人造物种的命运。因此，人类和后人类通过创设共同的议题，建立了对话关系的可能性基础，并促进了“多声部”主体间认知模式的转向。围绕“重构边缘女性的身份”“反思‘完美人类’的有限性”“重新定位人造物种”这三个共同的议题，人类和后人类以不同的视角表达了对自主独立、平等权利、人文关怀、家园归属的渴望，小说形成了跨越人物既定身份边界的复调叙事特色。
关键词：后人类形象；后人类主义；对话；《发条女孩》
作者介绍：张媛，复旦大学外国语言文学学院博士研究生，研究方向：科幻文学与美国本土裔文学研究。电邮：zhangyuanaviva@163.com。
Title: On the Possibility of Constructing a Dialogic Relationship Between Humans and Posthumans in The Windup Girl
Abstract: The Windup Girl is the debut novel by American writer Paolo Bacigalupi, first published in 2009. In the novel, the marginalized identity of the posthuman character Emiko is linked to the fates of the lower class, women, foreign refugees, and GMOs. Therefore, by creating common themes, human and posthuman establish the groundwork for dialogue and facilitate a shift towards a cognitive model of “polyphony”. Centered around the three common issues—“reconstructing the identity of marginalized women”, “reflecting on the limitations of the ‘perfect human’,” and “repositioning artificial species”—human and posthuman express their longing for autonomy and independence, equal rights, humanistic care, and a sense of belonging to their homeland from different perspectives. As a result, the novel develops a polyphonic narrative characteristic that transcends the boundaries of the characters’ established identities.
Keywords: posthuman character; posthumanism; dialogism; The Windup Girl
Author Biography: Zhang Yuan, Ph.D. candidate at the College of Foreign Languages and Literature, Fudan University. Research Areas: Science Fiction and Native American Literature. E-mail: zhangyuanaviva@163.com.
Received: 13 Jan 2026 / Revised: 08 Mar 2026 / Accepted: 10 Apr 2026 / Published online: 30 Apr 2026 / Print published: 30 May 2026.
