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QUEUE AS A DYSTOPIAN TAHRĪR: BASMA ʿABDALʿAZĪZ’S AT-TĀBŪR

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Bešková K.
Asian and African Studies
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2022
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vol. 31
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issue 2
251 – 276
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This article deals with the dystopian novel called at-Tābūr (The Queue) written by the contemporary Egyptian writer and psychiatrist Basma ʿAbdalʿazīz. The article briefly discusses the emergence of dystopian fiction in Egypt, especially from the point of view of its assumed connection to the outbreak of the Egyptian revolution of 2011. It focuses on the examination of ʿAbdalʿazīz’s depiction of a dystopian reality in the novel, with special emphasis on moments of rupture that are often mentioned but never shown. The article argues that the portrayal of the Queue in the novel can be interpreted as a reversal of the positive literary image of Tahrīr Square that appeared in many revolutionary diaries and memoirs. Both sites are analysed not only as places but also as time-spaces or chronotopes. The aim of the article is to explore the ways in which these sites are contrasted, juxtaposed and presented in a dialectical relationship with each other to point to the reversal of the utopian reality to dystopian nightmare. It also seeks to show that in spite of its dystopian character, the novel actually articulates a certain degree of optimism.
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FROM “ANDYS” TO “TOASTERS”: HOW HAS POLITICS AFFECTED THE VIEW OF NON-HUMANS IN ”BLADE RUNNER” AND ”BATTLESTAR GALACTICA”?

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Lenč J.
World Literature Studies
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2021
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vol. 13
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issue 1
55 - 67
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This article focuses on the change in perception of humanoid androids in science fiction from Philip K. Dick’s cult novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?(1968) and its later film adaptations, to the depictions of androids and people in the struggle for survival and immortality in the TV series Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009) and Caprica (2010). Science-fiction novels usually outline the author’s ideas about the near or distant future of the world with which they are confronted on a daily basis. They usually warn readers of a possible apocalypse or present models of an ideal future society to replace the society of today. However, science fiction is written by real people in a specific space and time who often reflect the social tensions and issues of the time they were created. The depictions of humanoid androids, their position in society, and their desire to break free from their undignified or even slavish positions are, in many cases, a reflection of real policies and the position of today’s “others” in mainstream society.
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BETWEEN UTOPIAN TOURISM GAZE AND DYSTOPIAN INAUTHENTICITY: THREE ROAD MOVIES ABOUT ICELAND (Miedzy utopia turyzmu a antyutopia nieautentycznosci. Trzy filmowe podroze po Islandii)

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Konefal S. J.
Studia Humanistyczne AGH
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2011
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vol. 10
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issue 1
203-213
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The road movie is a genre associated with the American counterculture breakthrough of the late sixties, which both criticised the 'American way of life' and in a sophisticated way also strengthened the capitalistic system. Icelandic road movie uses the semantics and syntactic known from the American productions by combining them with national and transnational components. Marked by irony, the postmodern perspective of such movies as Julius Kemp's Blossi/810551, Fridrik Fridriksson's Cold Fever and Solveig Anspach's Back Soon may be read as a visual invitation to get acquainted with the touristic utopian image of Iceland. However, the close reading of these productions can also indicate that they may be regarded as cultural texts that attempt to deconstruct the inauthentic images of the utopian island.
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SEDITIOUS MODERNISM(S) IN STOUT DICTATORSHIPS (TWO CUNNING FICTIONAL STRATEGIES)

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Spiridon M.
World Literature Studies
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2013
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vol. 5 (22)
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issue 4
3 – 10
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This article focuses on two masterpieces of Russian modernism that foreground Moscow and Petersburg, two urban spaces that are well-rooted in collective and individual local consciousness: Master and Margarita by Michail Bulgakov and Petersburg by Andrei Bely. Both cities are portrayed in the turbulent political context of early 20th century as real borders between the European civilization on the one hand and the worst barbarity on the other. The author ś aim is to compare the strategies of both key representatives of Russian modernism whose approaches to the same task is rather different. They project dystopic worlds whose inhabitants have lost faith in art, religion and science and where history is only a bad dream, from which the individual can wake up no longer. The article identifies concepts used to explore these urban spaces, emphasizing the auto-referential style of both authors.
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SCIENCE FICTION, ECOLOGY OF MIND AND THE UNCANNY IN “DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?” BY PHILIP K. DICK

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Sevilla-Vallejo S.
World Literature Studies
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2022
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vol. 14
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issue 4
119 – 133
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This article analyses the interdiscursive relations between Philip K. Dick’s science fiction, the ecology of mind by Gregory Bateson, and the Freudian concept of the uncanny. Gregory Bateson differentiates primary and secondary anthropological processes or, in other words, unconscious and language, and Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? reflect this inner interdiscursive relation. Finally, the Freudian concept of the uncanny demonstrates how androids produce an uneasy feeling due to their psychology, which seems very different from that of humans, but which is actually much more similar than expected.
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