Technological Progress, Adult Power, and Teenage Bodies in 21st-Century Dystopias
Christian Ludwig; Nicole Maruo-Schröder (Hrsg). "Tell Freedom I said Hello": Issues in Contemporary Young Adult Dystopian Fiction. Heidelberg: Winter 2018 S. 47 - 72 (Bd. 88)
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-8253-6875-3; 3-8253-6875-0
Publikationstyp: Buchbeitrag
Sprache: Englisch
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Inhaltszusammenfassung
The article argues that, in contemporary young adult dystopian literature, the teenage body becomes the site of struggle between personal and political concerns, a kind of battleground for the discussion of morally and ethically controversial questions. The genre's concern with the body ranges from alterations of memory and identity to the creation of articial bodies, a concern that can be linked to current discussions of the posthuman body. Focusing on the aspects of emotions and body altera...The article argues that, in contemporary young adult dystopian literature, the teenage body becomes the site of struggle between personal and political concerns, a kind of battleground for the discussion of morally and ethically controversial questions. The genre's concern with the body ranges from alterations of memory and identity to the creation of articial bodies, a concern that can be linked to current discussions of the posthuman body. Focusing on the aspects of emotions and body alterations, the article analyzes three novels in more detail, Lauren Oliver's Delirium, Karen SAndler's Tankborn, and Julianna Baggott's Pure.» weiterlesen» einklappen
Klassifikation
DFG Fachgebiet:
Literaturwissenschaft
DDC Sachgruppe:
Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft
