| Title: | Notes on Jonathan Swift’s utopian and dystopian worlds |
| Authors: | Constantin Manea, Maria-Camelia Manea |
| Publication: | Annals of „Valahia” University of Târgovişte. Letters Section, VII |
| p-ISSN: | 2066-6373 |
| Publisher: | Valahia University Press |
| Place: | Târgoviște |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Abstract: | The present paper’s aim is to substantiate the features of novelty that Swift generated in English and (indirectly) in world literature, with regard to the use of utopian and dystopian elements within the broader scope of satire. Jonathan Swift’s satirical prose, which was meant to ridicule human vices and flaws, as well as a number of highly topical issues, considered with irony or sarcasm, chose variegated targets – all external objects and facts, not abstract entities , as the satirist must exaggerate and distort reality, and so the satirical literary product can be said to be referential, while allegory supports the complexity of the message. The author’s analytic, critical tendency does not essentially clash with the order-seeking intellect. He generates “parallel universes”, inhabited by grotesque beings and illogical realities, yet this cannot be done without the characteristic traits of a world delineated with powerful objectivity. Swift’s “dramatic satire” led to the creation of his anti-utopias / dystopias, which are essentially fruitful, and thus capable of generating an undeniable curative function. |
| Key words: | utopia, dystopia, satire, narrative, irony, allegory |
| Language: | English |
| Links: |  pdf |
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