PORTRAYAL OF YOUNG ADULTS IN DYSTOPIAN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE—HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.20319/pijss.2015.s11.213226Keywords:
Hunger Games trilogy, Dystopian Young Adult Literature (DYAL), Young Adults, Feminism, Disturbing the UniverseAbstract
Young adults shake things up. They exhibit penchant for disturbing the existing institutional systems because their becoming is tantamount to nonconformity. This paper stemmed from the same understanding of the young adults but the conclusion it draws at is that they disrupt the societal codes of behavior and identify themselves as rebels to defy the conventions that plague growth. Dystopia—a subgenre under sci-ficautions us from the wrongs prevalent at present like gender inequality — the offshoot of gender binaries; and if we do not address the pressing issues now, our world might be accelerating towards an abysmal future. This paper is guided by ‘disturbing the universe’ concept propounded by Roberta S. Trites, ‘Utopian Transformation’ by Bradford et al., and Julia Kristeva’s seminal work on ‘Abjection’ theory.
References
Bradford, C., Mallan, K., Stephens, J., &McCallum, R. (2008). New World Orders in Contemporary Children’s Literature: Utopian Transformations. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
Coats, K. (2004).“Abjection and Adolescent Fiction.” Looking Glasses and Neverlands: Lacan, Desire, and Subjectivity in Children’s Literature. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press.137-160.
Collins, S. (2008).The Hunger Games. New York: Scholastic Press.
Collins, S. (2009). Catching Fire. New York: Scholastic Press.
Collins, S. (2010).Mockingjay. New York: Scholastic Press.
Day, S. K., Dr Green-Barteet, M. A., & Dr Montz, A. L. (2014).Female Rebellion in Young Adult Dystopian Fiction. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing.
Desmet, F. (2010).Female Perspective in the Dystopian Novel.Thesis.Ghent University Faculty of Arts and Philosophy.
Duschinsky, R. (2013).“Abjection and Self-identity: Towards a Revised Account of Purity and Impurity.”The Sociological Review.61 (4).709-727.
Hentges, S. (2015). “Girls on Fire: Political Empowerment in Young Adult Dystopia”. The Conversation.Retrieved from http://theconversation.com/girls-on-fire-politicalempowerment-in-young-adult-dystopia-36695
Lewis, C. (2014). “Youth Identity in Dystopia Fiction”.Thesis.Chapman University.
Maloney, D. (2014). “Dystopian Thrillers: The Rare Hollywood Genre Where Women Rule”. Wired. Retrieved from http://www.wired.com/2014/03/divergent-dystopia/
Omotoso, O. (2007). “Adolescents Transition: The Challenges and the Way out (African Perspective)”. Poster Presentation.5th African Population Conference, Tanzania.
Pentony, S. (1996).“How Kristeva's theory of abjection works in relation to the fairy tale and post-colonial novel: Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber, and Keri Hulme's The Bone People”.Deep South.2 (3).
Smith, H. (2014). Permission to Diverge: Gender in Young Adult Dystopian Literature. Retrieved from Sound Ideas digital Theses.
Trites, R. S. (1997). Waking Sleeping Beauty: Feminist Voices in Children’s Novels. Iowa: University of Iowa Press.
Trites, R. S. (2000).Disturbing the Universe: Power and Repression. Iowa: University of Iowa Press.
Wagemaker, H., & Buchholz,A.(1999).“Taming Oedipus: Boys & Violence: Why?” Florida: Ponte Vedra Publishing.
Waters, J. (2004). “Do I Dare Disturb the Universe? A Study of Anti-Authoritarian Young Adult Novels”. The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children's Literature. 8 (3).
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2015 Authors
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
