RUR : Rossum's universal robots : drame collectif en un prologue de comédie en trois actes

Karel Capek

Résumé

R.U.R.--written in 1920--garnered worldwide acclaim for its author & popularized the word "Robot". Mass-produced, efficient & servile labor, Čapek's Robots remember everything, but lack creative thought, & the Utopian life they provide ultimately lacks meaning. When the Robots revolt, killing all but one of their masters, they must attempt to learn the secret of self-duplication. But their attempts at replication leave them with nothing but bloody chunks of meat. It's not until two robots fall in love & are christened "Adam" & "Eve" by the last surviving human that Nature emerges triumphant.