American Nightmares: Dystopia in Twenty-First-Century US Fiction 9781800797154

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Автор: Valentina Romanzi
Название: American Nightmares: Dystopia in Twenty-First-Century US Fiction
ISBN: 9781800797154
Издательство: Peter Lang
Классификация:

Литературоведение: с 1900 г.

Культурология

Социология

ISBN-10: 180079715X
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 304
Вес: 0.44 кг.
Дата издания: 28.06.2022
Серия: Ralahine utopian studies
Язык: English
Издание: New ed
Иллюстрации: 15 illustrations, unspecified; 15 illustrations, unspecified
Размер: 151 x 225 x 19
Читательская аудитория: Professional & vocational
Ключевые слова: Cultural studies,Literature: history & criticism,Sociology, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Подзаголовок: Dystopia in twenty-first-century us fiction
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Поставляется из: Англии
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«Valentina Romanzi’s study is a welcome addition to the body of scholarship on dystopia, utopia science fiction, and speculative fiction. It provides a comprehensive and updated review of the complex and rich debate on the question of genres and subgenres, while at the same time offering a fresh perspective. Eloquent and very well written, this volume reveals America’s fascination with catastrophic future scenarios, including the post-apocalyptic, delving into the issues that surround critical dystopia, progress, hope and fear. The close readings offer lucid, insightful interpretations of texts that range from SF literary ancestor, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Margaret Atwood’s award winning The Testaments, sequel to the acclaimed The Handmaid’s Tale.»

(Eleonora Rao, Universit? degli Studi di Salerno)

This volume investigates dystopia in twenty-first-century US fiction. Using a methodological framework based on sociology, it theorizes a correlation between the crisis of the Frontier myth and of American exceptionalism and a renewed interest in dystopian worlds.

Part One illustrates the methodological framework, exploring the concept of dystopia, offering an overview of the American myths and of their current status and spotlighting some relevant sociological theories.

Part Two applies the proposed methodological framework to four texts, investigating the sub-genres of political, technological and environmental dystopia. The primary works, chosen to show both the relevance of the abovementioned American myths to dystopian narratives and the pervasiveness of the genre across the media, are Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (2019), Dave Eggers’s The Circle (2013), David Cage’s video game Detroit: Become Human (2018), and the Hughes Brothers’ 2010 movie The Book of Eli.

Дополнительное описание:

Contents: Dystopia, at the End of an Era – Framing Dystopia – On Defining Dystopia – Dystopia, SF and Genre Blurring – Confronting the American Myth – Is This Dystopia? – Analysing Dystopia – From Big Brother to Big Data: Surveillance in Political Dyst

American Nightmares: Dystopia in Twenty-First-Century US Fiction, Valentina Romanzi