REALITY VERSUS FICTION: THE TRUTH BEHIND A UTOPIAN/DYSTOPIAN NOVEL

Abstract

Utopian and dystopian fictions occupy an important part in English literature. As a literary device they both incorporate different techniques and genres which are intermingled with the author’s vision of the society and his prediction about the future. The vision and this future pretended society are inspired from his personal experiences and his interpretation of the present reality. This paper focus on the main features present into a utopian or dystopian novel. The paper briefly revises the concept and the main contributors of the genre, its main features and the fictitious reality being created in these novels. Furthermore the paper focuses on George Orwell’s novel 1984 analyzing and pointing out its typical utopian/dystopian feature.