dc.contributor.author | Baker, Lisa | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-26T16:40:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-26T16:40:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-08-26T16:40:21Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/72117 | |
dc.description.abstract | My thesis, which studies Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange and Suzette Haden Elgin’s Native Tongue, discusses the success and failure of achieving agency in a dystopian society. By drawing on Althusser’s theory of “State Apparatuses,” I argue Alex, the protagonist of A Clockwork Orange, fails to gain autonomy, as he is unaware of how he has become institutionalized; yet, Nazareth, the protagonist of Native Tongue, achieves control through the construct of a new familial institution and the development of a female-centric language, Láadan. Chapter two focuses on how Alex is a victim of his environment, and becomes a part of the system he is trying to resist. Chapter three argues that Nazareth succeeds in gaining agency and, along with her female community, creates a matriarchal “State Apparatus.” Taken together, then, these books highlight that communal effort is necessary to challenge state control. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Dystopia | en_US |
dc.subject | Institutionalism | en_US |
dc.subject | Resistance | en_US |
dc.subject | Dystopian fiction | |
dc.subject | Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993 | |
dc.subject | Elgin, Suzette Haden | |
dc.title | "Droogs" and "Linguists": Resistance, Control, and Institutionalism in Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange and Suzette Haden Elgin's Native Tongue. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2016-08-11 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of English | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | N/A | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Bennett | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. McNeil | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Greenfield | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Haslam | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |