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Informationen zum Autor Dunja M. Mohr is the co-editor of the Erfurt Electronic Studies in English and is a faculty member, research assistant, and lecturer at the University of Erfurt in Germany. She has widely published on utopian and dystopian novels and is a recipient of the Margaret Atwood Society Award. She lives in Munich. Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University. He lives in Greenville, North Carolina. C.W. Sullivan III is Distinguished Professor of arts and sciences at East Carolina University and a full member of the Welsh Academy. He is the author of numerous books and the on-line journal Celtic Cultural Studies. Klappentext Literary critics and scholars have written extensively on the demise of the ""utopian spirit"" in the modern novel. What has often been overlooked is the emergence of a new hybrid subgenre, particularly in science fiction and fantasy, which incorporates utopian strategies within the dystopian narrative, particularly in the feminist dystopias of the 1980s and 1990s. The author names this new subgenre ""transgressive utopian dystopias."" Suzette Haden Elgin's Native Tongue trilogy, Suzy McKee Charna's Holdfast series, and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale are thoroughly analyzed within the context of this this new subgenre of ""transgressive utopian dystopias."" Analysis focuses particularly on how these works cover the interrelated categories of gender, race and class, along with their relationship to classic literary dualism and the dystopian narrative. Without completely dissolving the dualistic order, the feminist dystopias studied here contest the notions of unambiguity and authenticity that are generally part of the canon. Zusammenfassung Suzette Hayden Elgin's Native Tongue trilogy! Suzy McKee Charna's Holdfast series! and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale are analyzed! with a focus on how they cover the interrelated categories of gender! race and class! along with their relationship to classic literary dualism and the dystopian narrative. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. Literary History and Theoretical Background1. The Classical Vision: Utopia, Dystopia, and Science Fiction 2. Demanding the Possible? The Artificiality of Boundaries Part II. Textual Analyses3. Rewriting the Colonization of Physical and Mental Space: Suzette Haden Elgin's Native Tongue Trilogy 4. Beyond Separate Worlds and War: Suzy McKee Charnas's Holdfast Series 5. The Poetic Discourse of the Split Self: Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale Conclusion Appendix: "First you are human": An Interview with Suzy McKee Charnas Bibliography Index ...
