The Year of 1993: Dystopia and Human Rights

Authors

  • Regina Zilberman UFRGS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v26i55.48213

Abstract

The year 1993, by José Saramago, published in 1975, portrays a society invaded by a despotic foreign coutry, which oppresses the native population. The date indicated in the title, as opposed to the publication of the book, points to a catastrophic future, which associates the poem with the dystopian genre. The atrocities committed violate the civil rights of the inhabitants of the occupied country. Thus, The year 1993 provides a reflection on the relationship between the dystopian gender and the practice of policies in the name of human rights in a literary text.

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Author Biography

Regina Zilberman, UFRGS

Possui graduação em Letras pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1970), doutorado em Romanistica - Universidade de Heidelberg (Ruprecht-Karls) (1976), e pós-doutorado no University College (Inglaterra) (1980-1981) e Brown University (EUA) (1986-1987). Atualmente é professora adjunta do Instituto de Letras, da UFRGS, com atuação no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras. Lecionou entre 2007 e 2010 na Faculdade Porto-Alegrense e, em 2010, no Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis. Foi professora titular da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Tem experiência na área de Letras, com ênfase em História da Literatura, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: leitura, história da literatura, literatura do Rio Grande do Sul, formação do leitor e literatura infantil.

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Published

2021-05-01

How to Cite

Zilberman, R. (2021). The Year of 1993: Dystopia and Human Rights. Gragoatá, 26(55), 795-819. https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v26i55.48213

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 55 (2021): Distopia na arte contemporânea: uma estética de resistência ou de submissão?

Section

Dystopia in Contemporary Literature and Art: Aesthetics of Resistance or of Subm

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