RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 The Metamorphoses of the Quasi-object: Narrative, Network, and System in Bruno Latour and The Island of Dr. Moreau A1 Clarke, Bruce K1 narrativa K1 metamorfosis K1 red K1 sistemas K1 neo-cibernética AB This paper will shuttle between literature and science studies by reading narratives of bod-ily transformation through Bruno Latour’s philosophy of modernity, and by reading Latour’ssociological writings through literary and narrative appropriations of recent systems theo-ries. After discussing this convergence of narrative theory, science studies, and systems theory,I will address H.G. Wells’s novella The Island of Doctor Moreau some neocybernetic ques-tions about ontology and subjectivity in a post-Darwinian world. PB Universidad de La Laguna. Servicio de Publicaciones SN 2530-8335 YR 2005 FD 2005 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/18873 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/18873 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 16-abr-2024