Fictional endstates Duke, George. 1999, Fictional endstates, Ph.D. thesis, School of Literary and Communication Studies, Deakin University. Title Fictional endstates Author Duke, George. orcid.org/0000-0002-0258-456X Institution Deakin University School School of Literary and Communication Studies Faculty Faculty of Arts Degree name Ph.D. Date submitted 1999 Keyword(s) Orwell, George, 1903-1950 - Criticism and interpretation Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 - Criticism and interpretation Zamyatin, Yevgeny, 1884-1937 - Criticism and interpretation Koestler, Arthur, 1905- - Criticism and interpretation Progress in literature Summary Studies the intellectual in power striving to realise the universal State or Empire. Examines this theme through the medium of four fictional narratives: Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, Aldous Huxley's Brave new world, Arthur Koestler's Heart of darkness, and George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four. The hypothesis of the inquiry is that all four of these texts provide fictional redescriptions of a crisis of confidence in the Enlightenment ideal of progress. Language eng Description of original vi, 216 leaves ; 30 cm. Dewey Decimal Classification 809.33 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30027864 Document type: Thesis Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Literary and Communication Studies Higher degree theses (citation only)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 01 Apr 2010, 16:06:50 EST Mon, 21 Nov 2011, 11:08:04 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 274 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 01 Apr 2010, 16:06:50 EST

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