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....