The Machine of Power: The Dystopian World in Death in the Shell by Agop Melkonyan and The Squares of the City by John Brunner Cover Image

Машината на властта – дистопичният свят в Смърт в раковината на Агоп Мелконян и Град върху шахматна дъска на Джон Брънър
The Machine of Power: The Dystopian World in Death in the Shell by Agop Melkonyan and The Squares of the City by John Brunner

Author(s): Marchela Mironova
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Novel, Comparative Study of Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: dystopia; mechanisms of power; science fiction novel; Agop Melkonyan; John Brunner

Summary/Abstract: The current text’s purpose is to compare the two novels mentioned in the article’s title, so it could examine some differences and some similarities in creating a fictional world, while emphasizing on the political dimensions of a dystopian narrative. The machine of power is a metaphor used in both novels, which are also comparable in their intention to show general mechanisms that take place within similar political regimes.

  • Issue Year: 10/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 83-91
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian
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