Alice and the contemporary: utopic questions in Alice in Wonderland and through the looking-glass and what Alice found there by Lewis Carroll

This article aims to perform an analysis of the books Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there, both written by Lewis Carroll, pseudonym of Charles Dodgson, specifically the analytical proposal is concentrated in the relationship between utopia and dystopia in Ali...

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Autor: Marucci, Isabella Pereira
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB)
Repositorio:Babel (Alagoinhas)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uneb.br:article/9398
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uneb.br/babel/article/view/9398
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Utopia
Distopia
Contemporary
Alice
Lewis Carroll
Contemporâneo
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Sumario:This article aims to perform an analysis of the books Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there, both written by Lewis Carroll, pseudonym of Charles Dodgson, specifically the analytical proposal is concentrated in the relationship between utopia and dystopia in Alice's narratives, we seek to understand from a cultural and modern point of view how these concepts are approached in the books. As the postmodern and contemporary question can help in the vision of utopia and dystopia that permeates Wonderland and the Land of Mirrors, societies ruled by the authoritarian figures of the Queen of Hearts and the Red Queen, where Alice enters as the questioning character of the values propagated by this idealization, which constructs the oppression and submission of the population. It is also relevant to turn our attention to the cultural question that, together with social conventions, permeates the ideals and moral behaviors of a society. Thus, one can understand the relationship between the Queens and the other characters and, especially, Alice, who disagrees with the context. For that, reflections on the cultural and social scope will be taken through Llosa, Sant’Anna and Bauman; as well as notions about utopia and dystopia in Santee and Bloch.