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George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is among the most widely read books in the world. For more than 50 years, it has been regarded as a morality tale for the possible future of modern society, a future involving nothing less than extinction of humanity itself. Does Nineteen Eighty-Four remain relevant in our new century? The editors of this book assembled a distinguished group of philosophers, literary specialists, political commentators, historians, and lawyers and asked them to take a wide-ranging and uninhibited look at that question. The editors deliberately avoided Orwell scholars in an effort to call forth a fresh and diverse range of responses to the major work of one of the most durable literary figures among twentieth-century English writers. As Nineteen Eighty-Four protagonist Winston Smith has admirers on the right, in the center, and on the left, the contributors similarly represent a wide range of political, literary, and moral viewpoints. The Cold War that has so often been linked to Orwell's novel ended with more of a whimper than a bang, but most of the issues of concern to him remain alive in some form today: censorship, scientific surveillance, power worship, the autonomy of art, the meaning of democracy, relations between men and women, and many others. The contributors bring a variety of insightful and contemporary perspectives to bear on these questions.

Orwell, George --- Dys-utopies dans la littérature --- Dystopias in literature --- Dysutopieën in de literatuur --- 820 "19" ORWELL, GEORGE --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--ORWELL, GEORGE --- Dystopias in literature. --- Science fiction, English --- History and criticism. --- Orwell, George, --- 820 "19" ORWELL, GEORGE Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--ORWELL, GEORGE --- History and criticism --- Science fiction [English ]

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Dys-utopies dans la littérature --- Dystopias in literature --- Dysutopieën in de literatuur --- Utopias in literature --- Utopies dans la littérature --- Utopieën in de literatuur --- Greek drama (Comedy) --- Literature and society --- Social problems in literature --- Dystopias in literature. --- Utopias in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Themes, motives. --- -Greek drama (Comedy) --- -Literature and society --- -Social problems, in literature --- #BIBC:ruil --- Utopian literature --- Literature --- Literature and sociology --- Society and literature --- Sociology and literature --- Sociolinguistics --- Greek drama --- History and criticism --- Themes, motives --- Social aspects --- Social problems, in literature --- Greek drama (Comedy) - History and criticism. --- Greek drama (Comedy) - Themes, motives. --- Literature and society - Greece. --- Utopie

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"This book examines the quest for/failure of Utopia across a range of contemporary American/transnational fictions in relation to terror and globalization through authors such as Susan Choi, André Dubus, Dalia Sofer, and John Updike. While recent critical thinkers have reengaged with Utopia, the possibility of terror -- whether state or non-state, external or homegrown -- shadows Utopian imaginings. Terror and Utopia are linked in fiction through the exploration of the commodification of affect, a phenomenon of a globalized world in which feelings are managed, homogenized across cultures, exaggerated, or expunged according to a dominant model. Narrative approaches to the terrorist offer a means to investigate the ways in which fiction can resist commodification of affect, and maintain a reasoned but imaginative vision of possibilities for human community. Newman explores topics such as the first American bestseller with a Muslim protagonist, the links between writer and terrorist, the work of Iranian-Jewish Americans, and the relation of race and religion to Utopian thought." -- Publisher's description.

Double appartenance (Sciences sociales) dans la littérature --- Dys-utopies dans la littérature --- Dystopias in literature --- Dysutopieën in de literatuur --- Fantaisie dans la littérature --- Fantasie in de literatuur --- Fantasy in literature --- Littératures transnationales --- Migration internationale dans la littérature --- Migration transnationale dans la littérature --- Réseaux sociaux transnationaux dans la littérature --- Terreur dans la littérature --- Terreur in de literatuur --- Terror in literature --- Trans-migration dans la littérature --- Transnationalism in literature --- Transnationalisme dans la littérature --- Transnationalisme in de literatuur --- Utopias in literature --- Utopies dans la littérature --- Utopieën in de literatuur --- American fiction --- History and criticism --- Utopias in literature. --- Dystopias in literature. --- Terror in literature. --- Fantasy in literature. --- Transnationalism in literature. --- Utopische literatuur. --- Dystopie. --- Terrorisme. --- Amerikaans. --- Bellettrie. --- American fiction. --- Dystopias. --- Fantasy. --- Literature. --- Terror. --- Transnationalism. --- Utopias. --- History and criticism. --- 2000-2099. --- 21st century --- Edwards, Kim --- Choi, Susan --- Dubus, Andre --- Sofer, Dalia --- Updike, John --- Evaristo, Bernardine --- Divakaruni, Chitra --- Utopies littéraires. --- Terreur --- Fantaisie --- Littérature américaine --- Transnationalisme --- Dans la littérature. --- Histoire et critique. --- American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism --- American literature --- Utopian literature