Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá porovnáním elementů dystopie a utopie v dílech Auldouse Huxleyho Konec civilizace a Ostrov. Tyto elementy analyzuje z vnější perspektivy a snaží se porovnat jejich modely a pravidla s reálným světem za použití historie těchto žánrů, autorova životopisu, jeho historického a kulturního původu a ostatních relevantních děl, jako prostředek k lepšímu porozumění jejich významu.
Annotation in English
This thesis focuses on the comparison of the elements of dystopia and utopia in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Island. It analyses them using a perspective of an outsider and tries to apply their models and rules to the real world using the history of the genre, Aldous Huxley's biography, his historical and cultural background as well as other relevant works as a means to better understand its significance.
Keywords
Aldous Huxley, Konec civilizace, Island, dystopie, utopie
Keywords in English
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Island, dystopia, utopia
Length of the covering note
39
Language
AN
Annotation
Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá porovnáním elementů dystopie a utopie v dílech Auldouse Huxleyho Konec civilizace a Ostrov. Tyto elementy analyzuje z vnější perspektivy a snaží se porovnat jejich modely a pravidla s reálným světem za použití historie těchto žánrů, autorova životopisu, jeho historického a kulturního původu a ostatních relevantních děl, jako prostředek k lepšímu porozumění jejich významu.
Annotation in English
This thesis focuses on the comparison of the elements of dystopia and utopia in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Island. It analyses them using a perspective of an outsider and tries to apply their models and rules to the real world using the history of the genre, Aldous Huxley's biography, his historical and cultural background as well as other relevant works as a means to better understand its significance.
Keywords
Aldous Huxley, Konec civilizace, Island, dystopie, utopie
Keywords in English
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Island, dystopia, utopia
Research Plan
I will focus on comparison of the elements of the dystopian and utopian societies in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Island. I will analyse them using a perspective of an outsider and try to apply their models and rules to the real world using the history of the genre, Aldous Huxley's biography, his historical and cultural background and Huxley's other relevant works as a means to better understand its significance.
Research Plan
I will focus on comparison of the elements of the dystopian and utopian societies in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Island. I will analyse them using a perspective of an outsider and try to apply their models and rules to the real world using the history of the genre, Aldous Huxley's biography, his historical and cultural background and Huxley's other relevant works as a means to better understand its significance.
Recommended resources
Huxley, Aldous. Island. New York: Harper Perennial, 2009.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave new world. New York: Harper Perennial, 2006.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave new world revisited. New York: Harper Perennial, 2006.
Bregman, Rutger, and Elizabeth Manton. Utopia for realists: how we can build the ideal world. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Chomsky, Noam. On anarchism. New York: The New Press, 2013.
Levitas, Ruth. Utopia as method: the imaginary reconstruction of society. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Maurini, Alessandro. Aldous Huxley: the political thought of a man of letters. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2017.
Orwell, George, and Erich Fromm. 1984. New York: Signet Classic, 1961.
Murray, Nicholas. Aldous Huxley: a biography. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003.
Recommended resources
Huxley, Aldous. Island. New York: Harper Perennial, 2009.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave new world. New York: Harper Perennial, 2006.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave new world revisited. New York: Harper Perennial, 2006.
Bregman, Rutger, and Elizabeth Manton. Utopia for realists: how we can build the ideal world. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Chomsky, Noam. On anarchism. New York: The New Press, 2013.
Levitas, Ruth. Utopia as method: the imaginary reconstruction of society. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Maurini, Alessandro. Aldous Huxley: the political thought of a man of letters. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2017.
Orwell, George, and Erich Fromm. 1984. New York: Signet Classic, 1961.
Murray, Nicholas. Aldous Huxley: a biography. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003.
