DYSTOPIC RECONFIGURATIONS OF CORPORATE AMERICA: MARGARET ATWOOD’S “THE HEART GOES LAST”
DYSTOPIC RECONFIGURATIONS OF CORPORATE AMERICA: MARGARET ATWOOD’S “THE HEART GOES LAST”
Author(s): Monika KoșaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Philology, Translation Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: dystopia; Margaret Atwood; Canadian literature; power; control; corporate America; freedom; social experiment;
Summary/Abstract: Dystopic Reconfigurations of Corporate America: Margaret Atwood’s “The Heart Goes Last”. One of Margaret Atwood’s dystopic novels, The Heart Goes Last is an intricate examination of human nature, the precariousness of love, free will, the roots of social evil and the potential dangers of excessive institutional power. Grounded in an examination of Atwood’s text, this paper aims to analyze the techniques through which the image of “corporate America” is re-configured in a nightmarish setting where the fight for power, money and control negatively re-positions the ethical limits of humanity.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Philologia
- Issue Year: 64/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 255-264
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English