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Human Rights in Dystopian Novels

A Literary Commentary to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

by Katarzyna Ginszt (Author)
Monographs 322 Pages
Series: Mediated Fictions, Volume 21

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Summary

This book bridges international human rights law and literary studies, 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 to the standpoints provided by legal scholars and linked to cases drawn from dystopian literature.

Details

Pages
322
ISBN (PDF)
9783631934883
ISBN (ePUB)
9783631935873
DOI
10.3726/b22781
Language
English
Publication date
2025 (March)
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. 322 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-Sk³odowska University, Lublin (Poland). Her academic interests include dystopia in literature and film, law and literature, human rights, and the law of new technologies. She has published on British and American fiction and law.

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