THE DYSTOPIA “WE” AND PLATO’S “THE REPUBLIC” – INTERTEXTUALITY AND MEANING Cover Image

АНТИУТОПИЯТА „НИЕ“ И „ДЪРЖАВАТА“ НА ПЛАТОН – ИНТЕРТЕКСТУАЛНОСТ И СМИСЪЛ
THE DYSTOPIA “WE” AND PLATO’S “THE REPUBLIC” – INTERTEXTUALITY AND MEANING

Author(s): Magdalena Zarkova
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Fiction, Studies of Literature, History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Novel, Russian Literature, Ancient Philosphy, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: Zamyatin; “We”; Plato; “The Republic”; intertextuality

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian novel “We” as an intertext that could be interpreted in the “age-old” context and compared to Plato’s ancient utopia “The Republic”. The aim of the article is to complete the intertextual relations that have been interpreted until now.Allusions have been made, corresponding to the Ancient Greek philosopher’s treatise through the usage of the intertextual approach and methods of comparative analysis. It has been concluded that many of the ideas that the ancient philosopher put forward in his utopia regarding the structure of the ideal state were brought to a logical conclusion in Yevgeny Zamyatin's dystopia.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 182-189
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian
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