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The Dystopian Impulse in Modern Literature
Fiction as Social Criticism
Buch von M. Keith Booker
Sprache: Englisch

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While literary utopias depict an ideal society and reflect an optimistic belief in the triumph of humanity and government, dystopias present a society marked by suffering caused by human and political evils. This book offers a detailed study of several literary dystopias and analyzes them as social criticism. The volume begins with a discussion of utopias, dystopias, and social criticism. By drawing upon the theories of Freud, Nietzsche, and others, Booker sets a firm theoretical foundation for the literary explorations that follow. The chapters that come next discuss Zamyatin's We, Huxley's Brave New World, and Orwell's 1984 as social criticism of totalitarianism, Stalinism, the dangers of capitalism, and fascism. Later chapters consider dystopias after World War II, contemporary communist dystopias, and postmodernist dystopias in the West.
While literary utopias depict an ideal society and reflect an optimistic belief in the triumph of humanity and government, dystopias present a society marked by suffering caused by human and political evils. This book offers a detailed study of several literary dystopias and analyzes them as social criticism. The volume begins with a discussion of utopias, dystopias, and social criticism. By drawing upon the theories of Freud, Nietzsche, and others, Booker sets a firm theoretical foundation for the literary explorations that follow. The chapters that come next discuss Zamyatin's We, Huxley's Brave New World, and Orwell's 1984 as social criticism of totalitarianism, Stalinism, the dangers of capitalism, and fascism. Later chapters consider dystopias after World War II, contemporary communist dystopias, and postmodernist dystopias in the West.
Über den Autor
M. KEITH BOOKER is Associate Professor of English at the University of Arkansas. He has authored several books, including Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide (Greenwood Press, 1994). His articles have appeared in Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Eire-Ireland, James Joyce Quarterly, College English, ELH, and other journals.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Utopia, Dystopia, and Social Critique
Zamyatin's We: Anticipating Stalin
Huxley's Brave New World: The Early Bourgeois Dystopia
Orwell's 1984: The Totalitarian Dystopian after Stalin
The Bourgeois Dystopia after World War II
Postmodernism with a Russian Accent: The Contemporary Communist Dystopia
Skepticism Squared: Western Postmodernist Dystopias
Postscript: Literature and Dystopia
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Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 208
ISBN-13: 9780313290923
ISBN-10: 031329092X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Booker, M. Keith
Hersteller: Praeger
Maße: 240 x 161 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: M. Keith Booker
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.05.1994
Gewicht: 0,484 kg
preigu-id: 102312109
Über den Autor
M. KEITH BOOKER is Associate Professor of English at the University of Arkansas. He has authored several books, including Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide (Greenwood Press, 1994). His articles have appeared in Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Eire-Ireland, James Joyce Quarterly, College English, ELH, and other journals.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Utopia, Dystopia, and Social Critique
Zamyatin's We: Anticipating Stalin
Huxley's Brave New World: The Early Bourgeois Dystopia
Orwell's 1984: The Totalitarian Dystopian after Stalin
The Bourgeois Dystopia after World War II
Postmodernism with a Russian Accent: The Contemporary Communist Dystopia
Skepticism Squared: Western Postmodernist Dystopias
Postscript: Literature and Dystopia
Works Cited
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 208
ISBN-13: 9780313290923
ISBN-10: 031329092X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Booker, M. Keith
Hersteller: Praeger
Maße: 240 x 161 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: M. Keith Booker
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.05.1994
Gewicht: 0,484 kg
preigu-id: 102312109
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