Human Rights in Dystopian Novels

A Literary Commentary on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-631-93487-6
Verlag: Peter Lang

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 486 g

Reihe: Mediated Fictions

This book bridges international human rights law and literary studies by examining dystopian novels through the lens of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The author analyses classical dystopias and a selection of feminist dystopias, exploring depictions of human rights violations and gender-based discrimination in fiction. The book deconstructs dystopian societies, revealing mechanisms of oppression and highlighting literature’s legal and social relevance. Structured like legal commentaries, it offers both theoretical and practical analyses of UDHR provisions. Each article is discussed and interpreted in accordance with legal scholarship and linked to cases drawn from dystopian literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ginszt, Katarzyna

Über Autor(innen)

Katarzyna Ginszt, Ph.D., works in the Department of English and American Studies at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (Poland). Her academic interests include dystopian literature and film, law and literature, human rights, and the law of new technologies. She has published on European and American fiction and law.