소설 〈접는 도시(北京折疊)〉와 새로운 도시 공간의 상상

Abstract

This paper seeks to examine how the imagination of the future of urban space as a result of technological development develops through SF fiction, and Hao Jingfang’s novel “Folding Beijing” as the target text. In the SF genre, urban space is one of the most important factors. The city is portrayed as the best embodied space for the cutting edge of science and technology covered by the SF genre and the new living conditions that humans face to face to face. Therefore, SF fiction presents a variety of imaginations in various ways about how the digital transformation of urban space we face today will unfold. This paper, among others, looks at what type of urban space Beijing’s dystopian future presents, described by Hao Jingfang’s novel “The Folding Beijing” which won the Hugo Prize in 2016. Beijing, the “Folding Beijing” drawn by Hao Jingfang, is divided into first, second and third spaces, each inhabited by upper, middle and lower classes, and these spaces do not coexist at the same time. When one space is spread out on the surface at a specified time, the rest of the space folds and disappears on the other side of the surface. This paper attempts to analyze the properties of Beijing as described in the “Folding Beijing” using the theories of urban scholars. And identify the folding city depicted in the work as a reflection of the various urban problems that Beijing now faces. Take a look at the dystopian prospects that will emerge when the various urban problems facing the current metropolises are combined with digital transitions that lean on the development of science and technology.