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Dystopian novels: A warning or an instruction manual
A warning or an instruction manual
Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012. urn:nbn:hr:142:538084
Kordić, Ivan
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Kordić, I. (2012). Dystopian novels: A warning or an instruction manual : A warning or an instruction manual (Master's thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:538084

Kordić, Ivan. "Dystopian novels: A warning or an instruction manual : A warning or an instruction manual." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:538084

Kordić, Ivan. "Dystopian novels: A warning or an instruction manual : A warning or an instruction manual." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:538084

Kordić, I. (2012). 'Dystopian novels: A warning or an instruction manual : A warning or an instruction manual', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 29 November 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:538084

Kordić I. Dystopian novels: A warning or an instruction manual : A warning or an instruction manual [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2012 [cited 2024 November 29] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:538084

I. Kordić, "Dystopian novels: A warning or an instruction manual : A warning or an instruction manual", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2012. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:538084

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TitleDystopian novels: A warning or an instruction manual : A warning or an instruction manual
Title (croatian)Distopijski romani: Upozorenje ili upute za uporabu : Upozorenje ili priručnik s uputama
AuthorIvan Kordić
MentorSanja Runtić (mentor)
Committee memberSanja Runtić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberBiljana Oklopčić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberJadranka Zlomislić (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2012-08-31, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
Although the dystopian idea has been present in literature for over two thousand years, not until the second half of the nineteenth century did the dystopian literature become appreciated as an important cultural force. Dystopia found its roots in science fiction, but it has also blossomed in political fiction, and became a separate literary genre, following the developments of the first half of the twentieth century. The dystopian authors became social critics who examine the political practice of the world society. Two of the most important representatives of twentieth-century dystopian fiction -- George Orwell and Aldous Huxley -- both explored future states of their societies. In Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) George Orwell wanted to inform English society about the emerging political systems such as Bolsheviks or the Nazis. Orwell´s aim was to satirize the emerging vanity and popularity of governments. Huxley´s Brave New World (1931) portrayed a world where human beings were produced like clones and conditioned with artificial happiness through a never-ending variety of pleasures and seductions. These two visions may differ drastically because Brave New World is often perceived as a positive vision and Orwell´s Nineteen Eighty-Four as a nightmare vision of the future world. Yet, both Orwell and Huxley turned out to be prophets, and their dystopian novels became instruction manuals for many of today’s politicians, corporations and governments.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:538084
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Philology
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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