ASPECTS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN MADDADDAM AND THE HUNGER GAMES: FOOD AND SHELTER
ASPECTS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN MADDADDAM AND THE HUNGER GAMES: FOOD AND SHELTER
Author(s): Adela Livia CătanăSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: economic discrepancy; food; shelter; social hierarchies; social indicators
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to offer a comparative analysis of the societies described by Margaret Atwood and Suzanne Collins in their recently published critical utopian trilogies Ŕ MaddAddam and The Hunger GamesŔ focusing especially of two intriguing aspects: food and shelter. Both of them can be perceived as essential conditions of survival as well as social indicators being shaped by but also shaping peopleřs motivation, personality and status.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 08
- Page Range: 335-343
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English