Akçevin, Yalın (2015) To what extent do Ayn Rand, Aldous Huxley and Stephen King portray a dystopia namely in terms of technology, freedom and social conduct? Other thesis, TED Ankara Koleji.
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Abstract
The aim of this Extended Essay is to explore the portrayal and creation of dystopias accepting technology, social conduct and illusion of freedom as three common tenets of a dystopian society and analyzing these three subjects. In order to make an analysis and comparison of the creation dystopias, three dystopian fiction novels, each written by an author from different contexts and earthly visions, were picked. Furthermore these works were chosen specifically because they portray dystopias of different kinds and backgrounds, which stands for the dominant one of the three chosen common forms of oppression and control. The three works analyzed were Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Anthem by Ayn Rand and The Running Man by Stephen King, first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. These works are analyzed in depth with regards to the context in which they were written in, the three aforementioned tenets and and the influence of the authors own ideas. The analysis is paired with the comparison of each text both to avoid exceeding the word limit and to avoid repetition within the essay itself, which would have rendered it too repetitive and unpleasing to the critical reader. The analysis and comparison were not however completed with a final decision on which work is better at creating a dystopia than the others but are rather ended by leaving the decision to the reader.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Other) |
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| Additional Information: | Supervising Teacher: Derya Oral, IB Notu: B |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ayn Rand, Aldous Huxley, Stephen King |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
| Depositing User: | Kamil Çömlekçi |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2015 10:09 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2015 10:09 |
| URI: | http://tedprints.tedankara.k12.tr/id/eprint/698 |
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