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THE ORIGINALITY OF THE HANDMAID'S TALE & THE CHILDREN OF MEN: RELIGION, JUSTICE, AND FEMINISM IN DYSTOPIAN FICTION.

The aim of this paper is to analyze the theoretical challenges and the approach through which The Handmaid's Tale and The Children of Men describe a world which is destroying itself in a society where human rights do not matter. The main objective is to discuss the role of women in these narrative u...

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Published in:Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies & Theory Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 154 - 173
Main Author: Bacci, Francesco
Format: Article
Published: Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Faculty of Letters Dec2017
Subjects:
Children
Human rights
Women
Totalitarianism
Gender
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