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THE ASPECT OF TIME IN THE NOVELS "WE" BY E. ZAMYATIN AND "1984" BY G. ORWELL

Rafaela Šejić


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Abstract

Time is a philosophical and physical category which manifests itself in various ways in theory and practice of literary creation. In the paper we analyze some aspects of time in novels We and 1984. The theme and the style of the novels is in connection with the historical period of their creation, also the recepcion depends on the time of reading. These are the aspects of time that correspond with the time outside these novels. Various aspects of time in the novels are also complex and consist of different subjective times, flach - backs etc. which are used to build the structure of the novel. It is shown in what way the aspect of time is being used to characterize D-503 the main character of the novel We.

Keywords

Zamyatin; Orwell; distopia; aspect of time; Russian avant-garde

Hrčak ID:

17080

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/17080

Publication date:

12.1.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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