· Name Charlotte Brontë's works. What are they about? Jane Eyre, published in 1847 one of the mos famous of British novels, Brontë's strongest work, was an immediate critical and popular success. Character - a small, plain-faced, intelligent and passionate English orphan girl. Shirley, published in 1849 a social novel, set in Yorkshire in the period 1811-1812, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic wars amd the War 1812, set against backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry. Villette, published 1853 after an unspecified family disaster, protagonist Lucy Snowe travels to the fictional city of Villette to teach at an all-girls school where she is unwilligly pulled into both adventure and romance, acute tracing of Lucy's psychology, use of Gothic doubling to represent externally what her protagonist ise suffering internally.
The real world is hidden. The artefact creates another reality which might or might not be connected to actual reality. Background: Human-(Technology)-World Ex: Electricity The technology is hidden and remains in the background, although we might perceive its outcomes. Technology Governance We note that Technology is omnipresent. It can be fascinating, useful, harmful. Technocratic attitude: Therefore, it is inevitable. The Luddite attitude: Therefore, it is dangerous. Technology seems desirable but risky. The ‘Risk Society’. What is a morally acceptable risk? Collateral damages, environment, technological gap (stairs, IT, etc.) Technological decision-making Who decides? Engineers? Increase efficiency (output/input) Politics? Car-belt law Society? reception/acceptance (Keyboards, Bicycles) Opening the black box:
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