Utopian Literature from the Sixteenth Century to Present Day

Student's Name

Lisa Sikkink, Minnesota State University, Mankato

1st Student's Major

English

1st Student's College

Arts and Humanities

Students' Professional Biography

Lisa Sikkink is an English, Literature major and will graduate in Spring 2007.

Mentor's Name

Mary Susan Johnston

Mentor's Email Address

mary.johnston@mnsu.edu

Mentor's Department

English

Mentor's College

Arts and Humanities

Abstract

Sir Thomas More’s Utopia, Lois Lowry’s The Giver, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland, Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We, and George Orwell’s 1984 are all works of utopian literature. Although they were written during different time periods, the issues they explore are remarkably similar. My research project explores such ideas as literature, sex and reproduction, society, and family life in these utopian works in order to demonstrate these affinities.

Recommended Citation

Sikkink, Lisa (2006) "Utopian Literature from the Sixteenth Century to Present Day," Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato: Vol. 6, Article 22.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56816/2378-6949.1129
Available at: https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/jur/vol6/iss1/22

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