Deconstructing gender in dystopian fiction
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2017
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university of Oum- El- Bouaghi
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This Study investigates the traces of Feminism in Suzanne Collins' novel The Hunger Games. It interrogates how Collins, as a female writer of the twenty first century, is engaged with the third wave of feminism which seeks to access to the empowering center of femininity. Even the dystopian genre cannot offer this since its setting is so tragic for Man in general. This work will explore how Collins would solve this problem as she represents gender in her novel. The study is guided by three objectives: to explore gender role through the novel; to interrogate the deviation from the old male-based dystopias; to analyze the new themes brought by Collins. A Feminist analysis of the novel is provided for getting enough data for the study. The study is configured in three chapters; the first chapter highlights the main characteristics of female dystopias and the difference between female-based and male-based dystopias in representing gender. The second chapter tackles gender issue and sees how it is represented in the novel. The third chapter explores the reasons that lead Collins to choose the dystopian genre for representing women/ men in her novel. Finally, reading Collins' work in the context of this research portrays broader vision for representing females through dystopian narratives and opens the path for other researchers to predict a good future for female representation in dystopian writings.
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Literature : langue (anglais), Roman : the case of Suzanne Collins' the hunger games