История и разказ – антиутопичното в „Подчинение“ на Мишел Уелбек и „Разказът на прислужницата“ на Маргарет Атууд
History and Narration – Anti-utopianism in Michel Houellebecq’s Submission and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale

Summary/Abstract: The text focuses upon the protagonists’ narratives in Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and Michel Houellebecq’s “Submission”. It argues that history is made, subverted and imagined through the power of telling. The two novels are seen as creating antiutopian fictional worlds where the social role of women is jeopardized by religion-based regimes. The text analyses the novels in light of their similarities in the way they utilize story-telling, narrating as an act of rebellion.

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