[11] POSTHUMAN STORYTELLING: ARTIFICIAL TELLIGENCE, ETHICS, AND IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH LITERATURE

ARTICLE INFO: Date of Submission: Jan 21, 2026, Revised: Feb 12, 2026, Accepted: Feb 14 , 2026, CrossRef D.O.I : https://doi.org/10.56815/ijmrr.v5i2.2026.93-101. HOW TO CITE: G.Hemalatha, P.B. Chella Gomathi, Shalini Mishra, Irtiqa Athar, Ibtisam Ibrahim, Bala Muthu Kumaran.P, S.Dinesh Babu & A.Rajeswari (2026). Posthuman Storytelling: Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, And Identity In Contemporary English Literature. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research & Reviews, 5(2), 93 - 100.

Authors

  • Dr. G.Hemalatha, Dr. P.B. Chella Gomathi, Dr. Shalini Mishra, Dr. Irtiqa Athar, Dr.Ibtisam Ibrahim, Bala Muthu Kumaran.P, S. Dinesh Babu & A.Rajeswari

Abstract

Posthuman storytelling has emerged as a significant mode in contemporary English literature, reflecting growing cultural engagement with Artificial Intelligence, biotechnology, and ethical uncertainty. Literary texts increasingly depict artificial beings and posthuman subjects to question traditional ideas of identity, moral agency, and human superiority. This paper examines how posthuman narratives explore Artificial Intelligence, ethics, and identity through close textual analysis of Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me (2019) and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2005). Drawing on posthumanist theory, the study argues that these novels present AI and bioengineered beings not as mere technological threats but as ethical mirrors that expose human responsibility, emotional vulnerability, and moral inconsistency. The paper demonstrates that posthuman storytelling redefines humanity as relational, ethically accountable, and interconnected rather than biologically exclusive. By situating literature within contemporary technological debates, this research highlights the role of fiction in shaping ethical understanding in an increasingly posthuman world.

Keywords:

Posthumanism, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Identity, Contemporary English Literature, AI Narratives

Author Biography

Dr. G.Hemalatha, Dr. P.B. Chella Gomathi, Dr. Shalini Mishra, Dr. Irtiqa Athar, Dr.Ibtisam Ibrahim, Bala Muthu Kumaran.P, S. Dinesh Babu & A.Rajeswari

Dr. G.Hemalatha, Assistant Professor of English, Department of English & Foreign,Languages, Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science (MITS), Deemed to be University,Madanapalle ,Andhra Pradesh,India- 517 325.

Dr. P.B. Chella Gomathi,Assistant Professor, Department of English, United College of Arts & Science, Periyanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore 641 020, Gudalur, Tamil Nadu, India.

Dr. Shalini Mishra, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Science, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology (MAIT), Delhi, India, 110086.

Dr. Irtiqa Athar, Assistant Professor, Department of English Language,College of Applied Sciences,Shaqra,Riyadh,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Dr.Ibtisam Ibrahim,Dr.Ibtisam Ibrahim, Lecturer, Department of English language,College of Applied Science,Riyadh,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Bala Muthu Kumaran.P,Assistant Professor, Department of English,Sethu Institute of Technology,Virudhunagar,Tamilnadu,India,626115.

Dinesh Babu, Lecturer, Department of English, Adhiyamaan Polytechnic College ,Hosur ,Tamil Nadu,india,635 130

Rajeswari,Research Scholar,Department of English, Virudhunagar Hindu Nadars' Senthikumara Nadar College,Virudhunagar,Tamilnadu,India,626001.

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