This thesis examines literary representations of agents who predict the future, as well as the relationship that fiction itself has with the future. These dual layers of analysis are oriented...Show moreThis thesis examines literary representations of agents who predict the future, as well as the relationship that fiction itself has with the future. These dual layers of analysis are oriented around two key concepts—“futurology” and “futurity”—which are considered in relation to Don DeLillo’s Cosmopolis and Nathaniel Rich’s Odds Against Tomorrow.Show less