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Translating Minds, Untranslating Hearts: Narrative Perspective, Empathy, and Artificial Consciousness in AI-Centric Novels

Author(s) Ms. Geeta Lakshmi Vallabhaneni, Dr Lanke Subha
Country India
Abstract This paper examines how narrative perspective in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun and Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot manufactures empathy for artificial intelligence, arguing that subjectivity is a relational construct shaped by focalization rather than an inherent ontological quality. By situating these works within the framework of parasocial interaction and Dingbeseelung (the "ensoulment" of things), the study explores how narrative intimacy bridges the gap between human consciousness and mechanical logic.
In Klara and the Sun, Ishiguro utilizes a naive, first-person narration to invite readers into a techno-animistic worldview, while Asimov’s I, Robot employs external focalization to project emotional depth onto the silence of robotic companions. The analysis further investigates the performance of "affective labour" and the resulting sense of Zweisamkeit (togetherness), which remains tragically asymmetrical due to the machines' programmed constraints. Drawing on Freud’s concept of the uncanny (Das Unheimliche) and Emily Apter’s theory of untranslatability, the paper highlights the cognitive dissonance that occurs when algorithmic patterns mimic human sentiment.
Keywords Keywords: Narrative Focalization, Parasocial Interaction, Techno-animism, Posthumanism.
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Published In Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On 2026-03-26
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.72574
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