Les mondes dystopiques de Jean-Pierre Andrevon. L’exemple de L’oeil derrière l’épaule
Jean Pierre Andrevon's dystopian worlds on the example of L'oeil derrière l’épaule

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to analyze the traits of dystopia as a literary genre, which are present in the novel L’oeil derrière l’épaule, written by a contemporary French author Jean Pierre Andrevon. His anti-utopia takes place hic et nunc, beyond time, in a closed space It presents a utopian vision of society, based on an intellectual hypothesis, which gradually degenerates into a totalitarian system limiting individual rights. The article examines phenomena that are typical for dystopia, such as the hyperrationality of a dystopian society and the binary opposition between the society and the individual. It also analyzes intertextual relationships of the text with George Orwell’s (1984) and Ira Levin’s (The Stepford Wives, The Perfect Day) dystopian fiction.

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