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“Where there is power, there is resistance” 1 Dominance and defiance of body and mind under the state of exception in dystopian literature

by Kutten Diane

In the following thesis, I examine the power relations that arise between an authoritarian government and its subjects during and after the establishment of a state of exception. In the first chapter, I explore how the individual’s voice is silenced through the dominance that is exerted upon him/her, only to be replaced by the voice of those in power. Textual analysis of four novels – George Orwell’s 1984, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, J.M....

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