Distopie in die grafiese roman : V for Vendetta as voorbeeld

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines the genre of dystopian fiction in the graphic novel, V forVendetta in which a futuristic police state, run by a totalitarian regime is portrayed.Since V for Vendetta draws on a number of other dystopian texts, New Historicisttheory is employed which begins its analysis of literary texts by attempting to look atother texts as well as the historical context in which it originated, to aid in theunderstanding of that text. Therefore, V for Vendetta with its thorough characterdevelopment and multi-dimensional storyline that the larger format of the graphicnovel allows, is studied alongside other highly regarded novels. The characteristics ofthe nightmarish anti-utopia is identified and analysed in V for Vendetta by looking atreal examples of totalitarian regimes from history. The chapters are divided into whatI identified as the main themes of the totalitarian dystopia.Chapter one explains the concept of the utopia in order to grasp the concept ofdystopia, and more specifically, the Totalitarian dystopia. Chapter two looks at thesocial structure of V for Vendetta as well as the common Totalitarian dystopia.Chapter three discusses the issue of censorship which is a recurring theme indystopian fiction. Chapter four examines the manner in which the totalitarian regimemanipulates the populace of the dystopia through propaganda. Chapter five discussesthe systems of surveillance and lack of privacy in the Totalitarian dystopia and achapter on the protagonist in dystopia concludes this study.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University