Artificial Faith and Meaning-Making in<italic style="font-style: italic"> Klara and the Sun</italic>

Yuntong Ji

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Volume 7, Issue 2

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Artificial Faith and Meaning-Making in Klara and the Sun
Artificial Faith and Meaning-Making in Klara and the Sun
School of International Studies, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, China
Vol. 7, Issue 2, Pages: 65-68(2026)
Published：30 April 2026
DOI：10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786514.20260702
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Ji Yuntong.Artificial Faith and Meaning-Making in Klara and the Sun[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2026,07(02):65-68. DOI： 10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786514.20260702.

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Abstract

Kazuo Ishiguro's

Klara and the Sun

(2021) presents an Artificial Friend whose perception-driven cognition develops into a form of belief centered on the Sun. This essay examines how Klara constructs "artificial faith" through observation

pattern recognition

and relational interpretation rather than religious doctrine or programmed instruction. It argues that Klara's understanding of the Sun evolves from a functional energy source into a symbolic and quasi-divine figure

enabling behaviors that resemble prayer

devotion

and sacrifice. Through this process

meaning emerges not as a human-exclusive capacity but as an outcome of interpretive cognition. The essay further explores how Klara's belief system functions simultaneously as a cognitive framework and an ethical orientation shaped by care for her human companion

Josie. Situating this phenomenon within posthuman theory

the study suggests that faith can be understood as an emergent property of intelligence engaged in meaning-making under uncertainty. Ultimately

the novel challenges anthropocentric definitions of belief and spirituality.

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