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The Study Of "Group" In British Dystopian Fictions

Posted on:2015-07-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C C YuanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330431454779Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Dystopian fiction emerged in the20th century, there are two famous dystopian trilogy is English novels. British dystopian fiction in world dystopian fiction occupies an important position. This topic research object is the group of dystopian fiction, Select three typical British dystopian novel as the text is parsed. Respectively is " Lord of the flies "."1984" and "Brave New World"This thesis mainly from the perspective of group psychology, To analyze the group in the three novels o The text mainly is divided into four parts. The first part is an introduction to the situation of British dystopian novels, The first is to the concept of "utopia" and "dystopian" respectively. And then overview "dystopian fiction" this novel type. Followed by combing the development of British dystopian novels.The second part is the research on "community" in dystopian fiction. The first is the definition of "community", This definition is not only the definition of the concept of "community", is also the three novels in defining the specific "community". Then is to analyze the characteristics of group psychological:Groups need to guide---Instinctively tend to be authoritarian rather than democratic; Group subject to emotional and irrational; Community public desire would drown private desire, etc. Finally through the analysis of mass incidents in novel text indicate that the powerful force of population.The third part is the "leader" in the group of British dystopian fiction. The first is to analyze the characteristics of group leader, And then research group leader how to control group. The last is the role of leader. In this chapter will analyze the text such as slogans, banners, ceremonial performance of a series of symbols, images and other ways to control groups.The fourth part is the research on "individual" in dystopian fiction. The first is to analyze the two in the group (Massman and Individualman). The former is the person who was entirely social, The latter is the person who still keeping the individual thinking. Followed is the research of the influnce that the group of "individual". Finally to explore the psychological mechanism of individuals into groups.The last part is to discuss the enlightenment that group study of British dystopian fiction gives us:Through focus of fate to the group, realize the crisis of democracy; Then we should have the attitude of the mass democracy to fight against the democratic forces of human nature. And the inspiration to China’s dystopian fiction creation.
Keywords/Search Tags:Dystopian fiction, Group, Leader, individual
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