The Teenagers and the society in dystopic works

Authors

  • Paula Silvana de Frias Lima Santos UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DA BAHIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69969/revistababel.v6i1.2737

Keywords:

Literary representations, Devir, Utopia, Dystopia

Abstract

Taking into account the inserted science fiction on the theme that addresses possibilities for devir the expectations surrounding this devir with in the literary representations do not have a society in which people would want to live. This scenario calls dystopian, is setting for works such as The Hunger Games (2008) and The Selection (2012). These environments also has the feature, use the spaces that already exist in the world in which they live human beings, unlike utopia that creates alternative worlds to organize society. Thus, this article aims to analyze how to organize society works cited, still making a correlation with the adolescent figure is with in this context. This teenager tends to take on the role and function that adults have. This leads to an early maturity since now the teenager will become responsible or the entire breadwinner of the family in case of death of the father or just to contribute to the household expenses. Besides discussing utopia concepts according to conceptions of Hilário (2013), Ribeiro et.al (2006) among others, in order to show that it eventually becomes a distorted mirror that gives rise to dystopia.

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Author Biography

Paula Silvana de Frias Lima Santos, UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DA BAHIA

Graduanda no curso de Licenciatura em Letras: Língua Inglesa e suas Literaturas, na Universidade do Estado da Bahia- DEDC-Campus II.

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Published

2016-10-27

How to Cite

DE FRIAS LIMA SANTOS, P. S. The Teenagers and the society in dystopic works. Babel: Revista Eletrônica de Línguas e Literaturas Estrangeiras, Alagoinhas, BA, v. 6, n. 1, p. 49–57, 2016. DOI: 10.69969/revistababel.v6i1.2737. Disponível em: https://revistas.uneb.br/index.php/babel/article/view/2737. Acesso em: 24 nov. 2024.

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