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| Title: | Dystopian transformations: post-Cold War dystopian writing by women |
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| Source document: | Brno studies in English. 2013, vol. 39, iss. 1, pp. [211]-226 |
| Extent: | [211]-226 |
| ISSN: | 0524-6881 (print); 1805-0867 (online) |
| DOI: | 10.5817/BSE2013-1-12 |
| Type: | Article (English) |
| Stable URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/129160 |
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Abstract(s):
Utopian and dystopian writing used to be a male domain until the middle of the twentieth century since when a number of women novelists have contributed to the genre. The article examines the recent shift towards ecological dystopia in three turn-of-the-millennium novels: Maggie Gee's The Ice People (1998), Doris Lessing's The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter, Griot and the Snow Dog (2005) and Jeanette Winterson's The Stone Gods (2007).
Keywords:
ecological dystopia; contemporary British women writers; Angela Carter; Maggie Gee; Doris Lessing; Jeanette Winterson
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