A Comparative Study of the Components of Dystopian Literature in the Novels "Terrible Tehran" and "Handmaid's Tale".

Soltani, Fatemeh; KHodadadi, Negar

Dystopia" means a fictional place where people live inhumane and often terrifying lives. The grounds for the emergence of dystopia, which is also known as dystopian literature, are works that have viewed the reality of human life in the contemporary world with extreme pessimism. In addition to expressing dissatisfaction and criticism of the present, this literary genre examines the dangerous effects of political and social structures on the future of humanity. In this essay, two examples of dystopian works from two different Iranian and American cultures; That is, the novels "The Terrible Tehran" by Morteza Mushfiq Kazemi and "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood have been examined and compared. According to some experts such as Gary Saul Morson, American writer and literary critic, in the book "Boundaries of Genres", Frederick Jameson (1998), American critic and theorist, and George Orwell, author of the dystopian novel "1984" Dystopian literature is an independent type and genre whose components may occur. (Orwell, 1968: 502؛Burroway, 2011: 29؛Morson, 2010: 128).

TEHRAN (Iran); HANDMAID'S Tale, The (Book : Atwood); LITERARY form; AMERICAN authors; TERRIBLE Tehran, The (Book); AUTHORSHIP in literature; DYSTOPIAS in literature; ATWOOD, Margaret, 1939-; CRITICS; HANDMAID'S Tale, The (TV program); KAZEMI, Morteza Moshfeq; SOCIAL structure; HUMAN life cycle; 20TH century (Literary period); 21ST century (Literary period); DYSTOPIAS

Journal of Comparative Literature, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 28, p205

2008-6512

Academic Journal

10.22103/JCL.2023.20513.3555