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El. knyga: Dystopian Fiction East and West: Universe of Terror and Trial

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  • Formatas: 352 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 04-Jul-2001
  • Leidėjas: McGill-Queen's University Press
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9780773569188
  • Formatas: 352 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 04-Jul-2001
  • Leidėjas: McGill-Queen's University Press
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9780773569188

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Gottlieb juxtaposes the Western dystopian genre with Eastern and Central European versions, introducing a selection of works from Russia, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. She demonstrates that authors who write about and under totalitarian dictatorship find the worst of all possible worlds not in a hypothetical future but in the historical reality of the writer's present or recent past. Against such a background the writer assumes the role of witness, protesting against a nightmare world that is but should not be. She introduces the works of Victor Serge, Vassily Grossmam, Alexander Zinoviev, Tibor Dery, Arthur Koestler, Vaclav Havel, and Istvan Klima, as well as a host of others, all well-known in their own countries, presenting them within a framework established through an original and comprehensive exploration of the patterns underlying the more familiar Western works of dystopian fiction.


In Dystopian Fiction East and West Erika Gottlieb offers an original and comprehensive exploration of dystopian fiction. She discusses Western classics such as Huxley's Brave New World, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, Bradbury's Farenheit 451, Vonnegut's Player Piano, Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, and Zamiatin's We, all fictions that project expanded versions of the flaws of current society onto a hypothetical monster state in the future. These fictions work as prophetic warnings against a nightmare world that could, but should not be allowed to, come about.

Recenzijos

"Dystopian Fiction East and West is thorough, meticulous, and insightful - in short, first-class scholarship. Gottlieb's chapter on "Kafka's Ghost" is a gem, and the concluding essay is a comprehensive analysis of dystopian literary criticism, coupled with a sober estimate of the future of dystopian thought. Gottlieb's expertness in this field is astounding, and she brings several important writers to the forefront who deserve to be better known outside their homelands. She conveys the suffering of people in the twentieth century without capitulating to ideology or wallowing in cynicism. Her book is a masterpiece." Dennis Rohatyn, Department of Philosophy, University of San Diego "Dystopian Fiction East and West is a major asset in the field of utopian/dystopian studies, as well as an excellent introduction to an important aspect of recent East European political and literary activity. It is the kind of study that utopian/dystopian scholars should keep on their shelves for years to come." Arthur O. Lewis, professor emeritus of English, College of the Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Dystopia West, Dystopia East 3(22)
PART ONE DYSTOPIA WEST
What is Justice? The Answers of Utopia, Tragedy, and Dystopia
25(18)
Nineteenth-Century Precursors of the Dystopian Vision
43(13)
The Dictator behind the Mask: Zamiatin's We, Huxley's Brave New World, and Orwell's Nineteenth Eighty-Four
56(32)
Dictatorship without a Mask: Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Vonnegut's Player Piano, and Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
88(27)
PART TWO DYSTOPIA EAST: THE SOVIET UNION 1920S--1950S
The Writer on Trial: Socialist Realism and the Exile of Speculative Fiction
115(17)
The Dystopia of Revolutionary Justice: Serge's Conquered City, Zazubrin's ``The Chip,'' and Rodionov's Chocolate
132(20)
The Legalization of Terror: Platonov's The Foundation Pit, Ribakov's Children of the Arbat, and Koestler's Darkness at Noon
152(30)
Terror in War, Terror in Peace: Grossman's Life and Fate, Tertz Sinyavski's The Trial Begins, and Daniel's This is Moscow Speaking
182(25)
PART THREE DYSTOPIA EAST: THE SOVIET BLOC 1950S--1980S
Collective Paranoia: The Persecutor and the Persecuted: Andzrejewski, Dery, Fuks, Halasko, Orkeny, Vaculik, and Mrozek
207(14)
Kafka's Ghost: The Trial as Theatre: Klima's The Castle, Karvas's The Big Wig, and Havel's Memorandum
221(12)
From Terror to Entropy: The Downward Spiral: Konwicki's A Minor Apocalypse, Dery's Mr. G.A. in X, and Zinoviev's The Radiant Future
233(16)
Speculative Fiction Returns from Exile: Dystopian Vision with a Sneer: Voinovich's Moscow 2042, Aksyonov's The Island of Crimea, Dalos's 1985, and Moldova's Hitler in Hungary
249(18)
Dystopia East and West: Conclusion
267(20)
Notes 287(18)
Bibliography 305(14)
Index 319