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SOCIETY IN THE ENGLISH LITERARY DYSTOPIA
SOCIETY IN THE ENGLISH LITERARY DYSTOPIA

Author(s): Milan D. Živković
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: A Clockwork Orange;The Handmaid’s Tale;characteristics;dystopian society;literary dystopia;values;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the nature of totalitarian societies in Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Apart from the fundamental characteristics and values of these societies, as well as the particular views of both a male and a female writer on this subject, the paper analyzes the relationship between dystopian and real modern societies through various authors’ observations.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 89-97
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English