Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 2006. / Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 297 p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2007. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Robert Bennett. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-91).

Through a close analysis of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series and Veronica Roth’s Divergent series, it will be shown that these two-current young adult dystopian book-film crossovers pose several relevant parallels to contemporary real-world problems. By deciphering a pattern on what garners their popularity, and most importantly analyzing the aspect of why they reached such levels of recognition, we can then begin to close in on just how important these two series are in representing the 21st century young American mindset. Taking into the equation also, how the overall-arching genre of dystopia has evolved with the times and has now adapted to reflect contemporary anxieties and fears. Looking into several elements such as a newfound desire for strong female roles, persuasive antagonists that are inspired by realistic historical precedents, and an unsettling desensitization towards violence and gore, we can then see that the successful equation of The Hunger Games and Divergent series reflects mainstream interests evocatively and effectively. It is not just an intervention into the encompassing utopian/dystopian tradition, but into today’s sociology. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

On the basis of an ontological analogy between the worlds of myth and dystopia, the present thesis argues the latter's inherently "metaphysical" character. As such, dystopia is regarded as categorically different from Science Fiction which, however grim in its surface presentation, always remains paradigmatically "non-metaphysical," i.e., neutral. This generic distinction is then applied to the analysis of the three most important SF works of Thomas M. Disch, one of the most interesting and accomplished contemporary SF writers. The generic, as well as socio-aesthetic discussion of Camp Concentration, 334, and On Wings of Song, traces Disch's development of a characteristically "Dischtopian" paradigm of social SF.

Thesis (B.A.)--Haverford College, Dept. of English, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Division of Humanities, Department of English, 2003. / Bibliography: p. 250-270.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 271-287) Includes filmography (leaves [288]-294)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Orientador: Carlos Eduardo Ornelas Berriel / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T02:35:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ribeiro_AnaClaudiaRomano_M.pdf: 5070136 bytes, checksum: 05d1b5f943f628fdb1b2b8966418f6d5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho de mestrado é traduzir e estudar A Ilha dos Hermafroditas, obra em geral classificada junto a panfletos e à literatura polêmica, que, segundo Claude-Gilbert Dubois, inaugura o gênero utópico na França e, ao mesmo tempo, contém em si a primeira anti-utopia francesa. Artus Thomas, seu provável autor, não segue a estrutura paradigmática do texto de Thomas Morus, apresentando em um mesmo texto três partes distintas: uma anti-utopia de teor satírico, um poema panfletário e um discurso apologético, - a utopia propriamente dita. Para Pierre Bayle, trata-se de uma sátira engenhosa da corte de Henrique III, o último Valois, rei que se vestia de modo efeminado e vivia cercado de mignons com quem tinha uma relação confidencial. O alcance deste texto, de grande riqueza simbólica, vai, porém, além do tema sexual. Sua principal chave de leitura é a figura do hermafrodita, que, saído da área da teratologia médica, toma valor simbólico e pode ser transposto a diferentes áreas, especialmente à ideologia e à política, designando uma forma de oportunismo moral, econômico, filosófico e político, encoberto por uma ambigüidade de conduta e de discurso. Há neste libelo uma crítica ao estetismo maneirista derivado do naturalismo renascentista, em que o autor procura descobrir os vícios da natureza denunciando, ao mesmo tempo, as dissonâncias causadas pela subordinação dos princípios éticos à lei estética do interesse e do prazer. / Abstract: Not informed. / Mestrado / Historia e Historiografia Literaria / Mestre em Teoria e História Literária

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