Browsing by Subject "dystopia"

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Between the waste land and no place: Christopher Nolan’s futuristic dystopia »Interstellar« (2014)
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2016) Podgajna, Patrycja Magdalena
Since the 1990s the number of dystopian films projecting apocalyptic visions of global catastrophe and dramatizing an ecological agenda has radically increased. Much of this trend is inspired by anxieties about the future repercussions of today’s actions and the collective responsibility for the future of our planet. One film that aptly represents this category is Christopher Nolan’s futuristic dystopia Interstellar (2014). Blending generic conventions of space-travel, science-fiction and moral fable, the film, with its bleak vision of ecological disaster, social unrest, and economic decline, clearly evokes the dystopian paradigm in which the projected reality is perceived as significantly worse than the here and now (sensu Sargent 1994:5). However, contrary to many dystopias offering nihilistic or anti-utopian denouements, Christopher Nolan’s apocalyptic vision clearly posits a progressive and definite possibility of utopian impulse, which is encapsulated by the final resolution of the global catastrophe. The core of the argument is that the neutralization of the dystopian impulse and the resulting projection of the utopian vision are facilitated by the imposition of an interstitial space constructed in the vein of postmodern poetics: an ambiguous fifth dimensional library, in which books perform a two-fold function. While intratextually, they serve as a catalyst between the tangibly dystopian present and the possibly utopian future, extratextually, they function as a universal mode of communication transcending the constraints of time and space.
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Black Mirror jako współczesna dystopia
(Data obrony: 2020-09-29) Frys, Karolina
Wydział Humanistyczny
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Cyberpunk w grach wideo
(Data obrony: 2017-09-18) Dzięgiel, Szymon
Wydział Humanistyczny
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George A. Romero’s dystopias: the representation of dystopia in the universe of his zombie trilogy
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2016) Zgorzałek, Michał
The present paper discusses dystopia in the genre of horror on the basis of George A. Romero’s zombie films. Dystopia seems to be inextricably linked with the vision of the world in which the very structure of the society has been destroyed along with moral codes and the only remaining thing is the will to survive. In the Living Dead Trilogy Romero skilfully used the zombie apocalypse motif to portray both vices as virtues characteristic to American way of life. Moreover, in his motion pictures, he envisages what may be the implications of possible dystopias arising from the ashes of destroyed human civilisation and, thus, gives the audiences, and the critics, an incredible resource for interpretation and further analysis. The methodology involves the paradigmatic analysis of the plots in order to show how the motif of zombie apocalypse is used to explore the notion of dystopia. Moreover, the mentioned analysis will also cover explicit, implicit and symptomatic meaning created by the analyzed films.
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Między utopią turyzmu a antyutopią nieautentyczności - trzy filmowe podróże po Islandii
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2011) Konefał, Sebastian Jakub
The road movie is a genre associated with the American counterculture breakthrough of the late sixties, which both criticised the American way of life and in a sophisticated way also strengthened the capitalistic system. Icelandic road movie uses the semantics and syntactic known from the American productions by combining them with national and transnational components. Marked by irony, the postmodern perspective of such movies as Júlíus Kemp’s Blossi/810551, Fridrik Fridriksson’s Cold Fever and Sólveig Anspach’s Back Soon may be read as a visual invitation to get acquainted with the touristic utopian image of Iceland. However, the close reading of these productions can also indicate that they may be regarded as cultural texts that attempt to deconstruct the inauthentic images of the utopian island.
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Nowe technologie, a wizje rozwoju społeczeństwa
(Data obrony: 2019-12-10) Kunecka, Katarzyna
Wydział Humanistyczny
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Utopia, dystopia and the »heretic streak«: the Orwellian aesthetic in Ray Davies’ song writing and other creative projects
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2016) Curyłło-Klag, Izabela
The article explores the influence of Orwell’s fiction on the creative output of Ray Davies, one of Britain’s finest songwriters and the erstwhile frontman of The Kinks, a »British Invasion« group. The Davies oeuvre can be placed alongside Orwell’s work due to its entertainment value, sharpness of observation and complex, conflicted socio-political sympathies. By balancing utopian visions with dystopian premonitions and by offering regular critiques of the culture they hold dear, Orwell and Davies represent the same tradition of cautious patriotism. They also share a similar aesthetic, communicating their insights through humour, self-mockery and acerbic wit.