<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<p>Since its 2015 debut, Alex Garland’s <italic>Ex Machina</italic> has been conceptualized as a creation myth, as a succession myth, as the Pygmalion myth and as the Pandora myth, among others – each of these argumentations acknowledging the permeability between different interpretations. The author argues that <italic>Ex Machina</italic> recodes the myth of Pandora and creates a fertile ground to display cultural traumas that have been affecting women – such as female subordination and oppression caused by a patriarchal structure and stereotypical binary oppositions. Thus, Garland’s film also suggests that the old forms of female oppression might be reaffirmed in the context of the age of technological innovation.<sup>1</sup></p>
</abstract>

Since its 2015 debut, Alex Garland’s Ex Machina has been conceptualized as a creation myth, as a succession myth, as the Pygmalion myth and as the Pandora myth, among others – each of these argumentations acknowledging the permeability between different interpretations. The author argues that Ex Machina recodes the myth of Pandora and creates a fertile ground to display cultural traumas that have been affecting women – such as female subordination and oppression caused by a patriarchal structure and stereotypical binary oppositions. Thus, Garland’s film also suggests that the old forms of female oppression might be reaffirmed in the context of the age of technological innovation.1

Pandora’s Myth and Cultural Trauma in Alex Garland’s <italic>Ex Machina</italic>

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Film and Media Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Pandora’s Myth and Cultural Trauma in Alex Garland’s 

Since its 2015 debut, Alex Garland’s Ex Machina has been conceptualized as a creation myth, as a succession myth, as the Pygmalion myth and as the Pandora...

Pandora’s Myth and Cultural Trauma in Alex Garland’s Ex Machina

Data publikacji: 06 gru 2023

Zakres stron: 203 - 216

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2023-0021

Słowa kluczowe
Pandora’s myth, humans and machines, women, patriarchy

© 2023 Boglárka Farkas, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Pandora’s Myth and Cultural Trauma in Alex Garland’s Ex Machina

Data publikacji: 06 gru 2023

Zakres stron: 203 - 216

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2023-0021

Słowa kluczowePandora’s myth, humans and machines, women, patriarchy

© 2023 Boglárka Farkas, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
Pandora’s myth, humans and machines, women, patriarchy