En jämförelse mellan Karin Boyes Kallocain och George Orwells 1984

undergraduate thesis

• Title (english): A Comparison of Karin Boye's Kallocain and George Orwell's 1984
• Title (croatian): Usporedba romana Kallocain Karin Boye i 1984. Georga Orwella
• Author: Lucija Grgić
• Mentor: Janica Tomić (mentor)
• Committee member: Janica Tomić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Bodil Zalesky (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2019-09-12, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

Nakon što je concept ‘distopije’ nastao, radnja mnogih romana i priča odvija se u takvim distopijskim društvima gdje se ljudi bore da bi preživjeli i zadržali vlastiti identitet. Roman Georgea Orwella, 1984 i roman Karin Boye Kallocain sva su distopijska romana koja prikazuju dva totalitaristička društva u zemljama gdje se svaki iskaz individualnosti i slobode mišljenja kriminalizira. Romani dijele mnoge sličnosti i međusobno i u usporedbi sa svijetom 1940-ih godina, kada su napisani. Glavni likovi Winston Smith (1984) i Leo Kall (Kallocain) su potpuno obični ljudi koji predstavljaju stvarnost pojedinaca u takvim državama. Oba romana su nevjerojatno zastrašujuća. To su priče o najgorim mogućim slučajevima koji bi se dogodili kad bi rat i međusobne borbe okupirali svijet. Dakle, iako jesu fiktivni, također su i anti-totalitaristički romani koji pokazuju kakav bi svijet mogao postati te su i upozorenje da našu budućnost ne pretvorimo u budućnost koja je toliko užasavajuća da bi označila kraj čovječanstva koje poznajemo danas.

Abstract (english)

After the birth of the concept of ‘dystopia’, many novels and stories were made centered in dystopian societies where people struggle to survive and hold onto their identity. 1984 by George Orwell and Kallocain by Karin Boye are two dystopian novels that show two totalitarian societies and countries where all individuality and freedom of thought is discouraged and criminalized. The two share many similarities to each other and to the world of the 1940s, when they were written. Winston Smith (1984) and Leo Kall (Kallocain) are in all ways unremarkable, but they represent the reality of individuals in such a system. The novels are frightening in an awe-inspiring way. They are two worst case scenarios of what would happen if the world went too far with all the wars and the fighting. So, while they are fiction, they are also two anti-totalitarian works that show what the world has the potential to become and a warning not to let our future become a future that is so twisted and horrific that it would be the end of humanity as we know it.

• Keywords: George Orwell; 1984; Karin Boye; Kallocain; anti-totalitaristički romani
• Language: swedish
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:202220
• Study programme: Title: Swedish Language and Culture (double major); Study programme type: university; Study level: undergraduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) švedskog jezika i kulture (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) švedskog jezika i kulture)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2019-11-08 08:41:21