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Historicizing Maps of Hell

Wilson, Mark Robert
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1115503544

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2005, Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, College of Arts and Sciences - English.
This thesis is an examination of the historical contexts behind eight twentieth-century dystopian novels and one dystopian film derived from one of those novels. Dystopian fiction is inextricably linked to the context (that is to say, the time and place, as well as the circumstances of its author) in which it was written. A judicious reading of a piece of dystopian literature must include an examination of this context, since dystopian works are written by at particular historical moments and have particular messages that are being sent to particular audiences. This thesis will examine the moments, messages, and audiences behind these novels and show how a better understanding of the work is achieved through examining the art in its own context.
Laura Mandell (Advisor)
60 p.
Literature, General
dystopia; anti-utopia; nineteen eighty-four; brave new world; the iron heel; player piano; parable of the sower; a clockwork orange; the handmaid's tale; do androids dream of electric sheep

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  • Wilson, M. R. (2005). Historicizing Maps of Hell [Undergraduate thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1115503544

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wilson, Mark. Historicizing Maps of Hell. 2005. Miami University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1115503544.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wilson, Mark. "Historicizing Maps of Hell." Undergraduate thesis, Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1115503544

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