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T1 Power and Submission in Two Dystopian Novels: Huxley’s Brave New World and Orwell’s 1984
A1 González Barreiro, Marina
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Utopia, Dystopia, Huxley, Orwell, Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty- Four, power, control, submission
K1 Utopia, Distopía, Huxley, Orwell, Un Mundo Feliz, 1984, poder, control, sumisión
AB Dystopian literature has its origins in Utopias, but instead of representing somewhereparadisiacal, a pure and perfect society, dystopia refers to a “negative utopia” as realitydevelops in antithetical terms to those of an ideal society. Dystopian literature portrays anightmarish vision of a futuristic world, commonly dominated by technology and atotalitarian ruling government which uses any possible means to exert an iron-handedcontrol over its citizens. Both Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932) and GeorgeOrwell’s 1984 (1949) are not only considered classics, but also archetypical of thisgenre and so viewed as two of the most important dystopian novels ever written. Thisthesis will analyse how both novels depict their dark futuristic vision. The study focuseson each author’s representation of the totalitarian state and the different methods ofpower, submission and control used by the government over population
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/33293
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/33293
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 09-may-2024