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The Dystopian Impulse in Modern Literature

The Dystopian Impulse in Modern Literature

Fiction as Social Criticism

by Prof. M. Keith Booker
Hardback
Publication Date: 17/05/1994

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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.
ISBN:
9780313290923
9780313290923
Category:
Literary studies: fiction
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
17-05-1994
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
208
Dimensions (mm):
235x156x19mm
Weight:
0.45kg

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