LANGUAGE IN DYSTOPIA: SAMUEL DELANY’S BABEL-17 Cover Image

ЈЕЗИК У ДИСТОПИЈИ: ВАВИЛОН-17 САМЈУЕЛА ДЕЛЕЈНИЈА
LANGUAGE IN DYSTOPIA: SAMUEL DELANY’S BABEL-17

Author(s): Milan D. Živković
Subject(s): Other Language Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: Samuel Delany; Babel-17; Dystopian literature;

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with language analysis, its nature and characteristics within novel of both science fictional and dystopian literature. It is Samuel Delany’s novel Babel-17, classical work of this literary genre. Specific role and language use in this work is multifunctional: the language is an originator of the plot, main character, as well as the indicator of communication problems of a modern individual.

  • Issue Year: 62/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 185-200
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian