Analyzing The Postmodern Dystopia In Literature

Abstract

Brave New World and 1984 are two masterpieces written by well known writers, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell. The two novels are written in different periods of time. Therefore, the works were initially admired by lot of readers and critics. Further, the two postmodern novels transport a strict life where everyone is controlled by his government. The purpose of our dissertation is to highlights the dystopic shadow over the postmodern society. Aldous Huxley in his Brave New World tries to reveal how can technology be a major reason for destruction, and how happiness can be bought by taking Soma. Likewise, George Orwell’s 1984 that aims at showing how can an individual be strict to a society‘s rigime where everything is surveilled. To attain the goal, we relied first on reading and understanding the meaning of postmodernism in literature and dystopia. Then, revealing the main characteristics of both postmodernism and dystopia in the two novels Brave new World and 1984.We came through to highlight the idea of postmodern world is a dystopia.