Human Rights in Dystopian Novels

A Literary Commentary on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

AvKatarzyna Ginszt,Ludmila Gruszewska-Blaim

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Del 21 i serien Mediated Fictions

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Beskrivning

This book bridges international human rights law and literary studies by examining dystopian novels through the lens of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The author analyses classical dystopias and a selection of feminist dystopias, exploring depictions of human rights violations and gender-based discrimination in fiction. The book deconstructs dystopian societies, revealing mechanisms of oppression and highlighting literature’s legal and social relevance. Structured like legal commentaries, it offers both theoretical and practical analyses of UDHR provisions. Each article is discussed and interpreted in accordance with legal scholarship and linked to cases drawn from dystopian literature.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-09-16
Mått:148 x 210 x 21 mm
Vikt:444 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Mediated Fictions
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Peter Lang AG
ISBN:9783631934876

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Mer om författaren

Katarzyna Ginszt, Ph.D., works in the Department of English and American Studies at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin (Poland). Her academic interests include dystopian literature and film, law and literature, human rights, and the law of new technologies. She has published on European and American fiction and law.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: The PreambleChapter 1: Utopia, Law and the Parallel Chapter 2: The Principles of Human Rights: Classical and Feminist Dystopias Chapter 3: The Fundamental Rights of an Individual: Nineteen Eighty-Four and Red Clocks Chapter 4: The Rights of an Individual in Civil and Political Society as well as Spiritual, Public and Political Freedoms: Brave New World and The Handmaid’s Tale Chapter 5: Social, Economic and Cultural Rights: We and Parable of the Sower Chapter 6: General Means of Exercising Human Rights: Classical and Feminist Dystopias Conclusion: Transcending the Boundaries of Fiction