Dystopia Critics Flashcards
Allan Weiss 2009 ‘while she does not belong to…
(THT)
‘While she does not belong to the upper levels of Gilead’s power hierarchy, she is no less responsible for its destruction of freedom’
- argues all those who ignore are equally guilty thus making offred a complicit participant in the regime & in her own oppression
Heidi Macpherson 2001 ‘Atwood is not a propagandist but…
(THT)
Atwood is not a propagandist but an observer; her work merely reflects the reality of an uneven distribution of power between men and women’
- feminist view
Atwood 2015 ‘dealing with a character whose ability…
(THT)
‘Dealing with a character whose ability to move in the society was limited. She was boxed in…the more limited and boxed in you are, the more important details become’
- cannot blame offred for her complacency considering how trapped she is
Howells 1996 ‘the choice of a female narrator…
(THT)
‘The choice of a female narrator turns the traditionally masculine dystopian genre upside down’
Wisker 2010 ‘there is no sisterhood…
(THT)
‘There is no sisterhood only division and disempowerment’
Stokwisz 1999 ‘language is highlighted as the…
(THT)
‘Language is highlighted as the main instrument of ideological and social control’
Howells 1996 ‘individual freedom of choice has…
(THT)
‘Individual freedom of choice has been outlawed and everyone has been drafted into the service of the state’
K. Resuming 2002 ‘in the Gileadean patriarchy a woman is…
(THT)
‘In the Gileadean patriarchy a woman is denied the right to possess or to have control over her body’
Guiner ‘indeed the desire of the…
(THT)
‘Indeed the desire of the Gilead regime to remove name is as strong as the desire to remove faces’
Bossche 1984 ‘it contains no prophetic…
(1984)
‘It contains no prophetic declaration only a simple warning to mankind’
Daniel Bell 1988 ‘a human society stripped…
(1984)
‘A human society stripped of the last shreds of community’
Cricket 1984 ‘that he (Winston) is finally…
(1984)
‘That he (Winston) is finally defeated is inevitable in this satire of total power’
Harris 2021 ‘only through love and…
(1984)
‘Only through love and marriage Orwell suggest, can the person remain a person
Deutscher 1955 ‘a document of dark disillusionment…
(1984)
‘A document of dark disillusionment, not only with Stalinism, but with every other form and shade of socialism’
Berggren ‘Winston forfeits his need for…
(1984)
‘Winston forfeits his need for individual thinking in order to love big brother’
Stansky ‘psychological tactics applied to..
(1984)
‘Psychological tactics applied to the general public…that is where the strength lies’
Grossman ‘technology exists as a…
(1984)
‘Technology exists as a tool for stagnation, rather than for progression’
Pimlott ‘Orwell reminds us how…
(1984)
‘Orwell reminds us how shaky our hold on objective knowledge is’
Rissanen ‘the party isolates every…
(1984)
‘The party isolates every individual, destroying all social bonds’
Schellebereg ‘the big brother society is…
(1984)
‘The big brother society is too well-constructed to break apart in the face of one man’s resistance’
Gottlieb ‘the act of memory…
(1984)
‘The act of memory is an act of resistance’
Patricia Hill ‘Orwell’s novel is not to attack…
(1984)
‘Orwell’s novel is not to attack a specific belief system, but rather the suppression of freedom and individual thought’
Orwell ‘if thought corrupts language…
(1984)
‘If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought’
Asimov ‘Orwell presents three ways of…
(1984)
‘Orwell presents three ways of maintaining an eternal tyranny: the immortality of Big Brother, the presence of someone or something to hate, and rewriting history’
