Nothing to See Here, Move On: A New Look at Humor in Aldous Huxley's Mock- Dystopic Brave New World

被引：1
作者：
Eckert, Kenneth [1 ]
机构：
[1] Hanyang Univ, ERICA Campus, Ansan, South Korea
来源：
TEXAS STUDIES IN LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE | 2023年 / 65卷 / 03期
关键词：
Aldous Huxley; Brave New World; dystopian fiction; utopian fiction; humor; satire; STYLES; GENDER;
D O I：
10.7560/TSLL65302
中图分类号：
I [文学];
学科分类号：
05 ;
摘要：
Is there anything new left to say about Huxley's Brave New World ninety years later? The novel has been ana-lyzed for its sociopolitical predic-tions, read against 1984, and examined for its satire of Wells and Ford. Common to such ap-proaches is the assumption that the World State is as abhorrently stable as the narrative claims. This essay's argument holds that the World State's success is coun-terfactually reported and under-mined for parodic effect, and that Brave New World functions as a humorous mock-dystopia.
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