Reflections of Margaret Atwood’s Dystopias in the Pandemic of
2020

J 2020

Reflections of Margaret Atwood’s Dystopias in the Pandemic of 2020

PLEVÍKOVÁ, Ivana

Základní údaje

Originální název

Reflections of Margaret Atwood’s Dystopias in the Pandemic of 2020

Autoři

PLEVÍKOVÁ, Ivana (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Theory and Practice in English Studies (THEPES), Masarykova univerzita, 2020, 1805-0859

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60206 Specific literatures

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/20:00117757

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Margaret Atwood; Oryx and Crake; The Year ofthe Flood; dystopia; pandemic; COVID-19; leadership; ecofeminism

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 3. 4. 2021 11:45, Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

The paper focuses on Margaret Atwood’s novels Oryx and Crakeand The Year of the Floodand considers ways in which the pandemic of her dystopian world may, to various degrees, serve as a reflection of the COVID-19 global pandemic in 2020. The setting of both novels is the same dystopian world, however, they each present different ideological takes on dealing with a pandemic. The paper analyses the creation of Crakers as the new humanoid species, which are supposed to inhabit the earth in its post-pandemic state. It reflects not only political andsocial structures Atwood borrowed from the real-world, but also types of behavior that somepolitical national leaders currently display. While the first novel addresses the issuesof power, exploitation, and the God complex; The Year of the Flood, with its two female characters, investigates dealingwith the pandemic via the lens of ecofem-inism, ecology, nature, and sustainability. Conversely to Crake’s elitist megalo-maniac ideas that leave the world and its state largely out of the discussion,in the second novel, Atwood connects to the ecology of the post-pandemic world and focuses on ways of understanding it from the natural, rather than ideological standpoint. The paper considers these opposing viewpoints and shows defamil-iarized versions reflected in the current state of the real world. In relation to that, correlations between fictional and real-life dichotomies of masculine and femi-nine perspectives on handling the pandemic both in the real world as well as in the novel are also discussed.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1204/2019, interní kód MU

Název: Researching Communication in English: Paradigms, Strategies, Developments - II (Akronym: ReComE 2020)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Researching Communication in English: Paradigms, Strategies, Developments - II, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

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thepes_9_2020_1-2_7.pdf

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PLEVÍKOVÁ, Ivana. Reflections of Margaret Atwood’s Dystopias in the Pandemic of 2020. Theory and Practice in English Studies (THEPES). Masarykova univerzita, 2020, roč. 9, 1-2, s. 89-108. ISSN 1805-0859.

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PLEVÍKOVÁ, Ivana. Reflections of Margaret Atwood’s Dystopias in the Pandemic of 2020. \textit{Theory and Practice in English Studies (THEPES)}. Masarykova univerzita, 2020, roč.~9, 1-2, s.~89-108. ISSN~1805-0859.

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