Dystopian Regimes in Collins
Michaela Hintringer
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Dystopian Regimes in Collins "The Hunger Games" and Orwell´s "1984"

Depicting Dystopia

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The aim of this analysis is to explore the intertextual relationship between Orwell s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and Suzanne Collins s dystopian The Hunger Games trilogy (2008-2010). The study is based on a definition of dystopia and its conception of man, which is then related to the totalitarian regimes of Orwell s Oceania and Collins s Panem. The features of dystopian society include the use of torture, brainwashing, propaganda and violence, as well as the notion of "reality control". The text attempts to outline the theory of intertextuality and applies it to the critical reading of...