Dystopie v současné beletrii

Kseniia Gerasimova

Bachelor's thesis

Dystopia in Contemporary Fiction

Abstract:

This bachelor thesis deals with the interpretation of dystopia and some of its main features in contemporary fiction in English-language literature. The chosen dystopian fiction works for the bachelor thesis are The Hunger Games trilogy (2008–2010) by Suzanne Collins, The Maze Runner trilogy (2009–2011) by James Dashner and Divergent trilogy (2010–2012) by Veronica Roth. The first part of the bachelor thesis is dedicated to identifying key topics of dystopian literature and its modern tendencies. The rest of the bachelor thesis focuses on the analysis of the chosen literary works. Each chapter contains general information about the trilogy, its setting and the analysis of three main dystopian features in the trilogy: isolation and its forms, surveillance and the conflict between an individual and society. The analysis also tries to take into account some unique features of each trilogy.

Keywords

Dystopia, The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, Divergent

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 9. 4. 2020

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 21. 5. 2020
• Supervisor: Mgr. Jan Suk, Ph.D.
• Reader: Mgr. Vladimíra Ježdíková, Ph.D.

University of Hradec Králové

Faculty of Education

Bachelor programme / field:
Filologie / Cizí jazyky pro cestovní ruch - anglický jazyk, Cizí jazyky pro cestovní ruch - ruský jazyk