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Human Rights in Dystopian Novels

A Literary Commentary on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

by Katarzyna Ginszt (Author)
©2025 Monographs 288 Pages
Series: Mediated Fictions, Volume 21

Summary

This book bridges international human rights law and literary studies by examining dystopian novels through the lens of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The author analyses classical dystopias and a selection of feminist dystopias, exploring depictions of human rights violations and gender-based discrimination in fiction. The book deconstructs dystopian societies, revealing mechanisms of oppression and highlighting literature’s legal and social relevance. Structured like legal commentaries, it offers both theoretical and practical analyses of UDHR provisions. Each article is discussed and interpreted in accordance with legal scholarship and linked to cases drawn from dystopian literature.

Details

Pages
288
Publication Year
2025
ISBN (PDF)
9783631934883
ISBN (ePUB)
9783631935873
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631934876
DOI
10.3726/b22781
Language
English
Publication date
2025 (September)
Keywords
feminist dystopia classical dystopia speculative fiction comparative literature human rights international law fundamental rights individual rights rights and freedoms women’s rights human rights violations dystopia
Published
Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, New York, Oxford, 2025. 288 pp.
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Biographical notes

Katarzyna Ginszt (Author)

Katarzyna Ginszt, Ph.D., works in the Department of English and American Studies at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin (Poland). Her academic interests include dystopian literature and film, law and literature, human rights, and the law of new technologies. She has published on European and American fiction and law.

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