Williams and Moylan
Repetition: political, social, society
Binaries: reality vs imagination
Strands: violence- negative, political, societal, failed utopia, fear
Both Williams and Moylan speak on the topic of political and social perspectives and how dystopian narrative comments on these perspectives, relating it to a larger meaning. Both mention the important ability that dystopian narratives have allowing them to convey to readers an unseen society, in which is a failed perfection, on the average person. Williams does this through film, while Moylan brings up many literary examples from the twentieth century. Williams is appreciative of how dystopian literature seems to have adopted an more "expressionist" lens and way of conveying a larger meaning. Moylan, though writes that these texts reflect larger social and political issues present in the time period, is more critical of newer dystopias and thinks that in exchanging a more realistic view for this more "expressionist" view, newer dystopian narratives are becoming less critical of these political and social issues.
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ReplyDeleteLauren, be careful in your sp4 not to equate the "expressionist" style with "new" dystopias. Williams is writing in the 80's; Moylan in the early 2000's. Williams simply addresses a more specific aspect of the dystopian trend that has come about in film.
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