Literary function and narrative structure in the adaptation of Brave New World
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Dystopia, Narrative structure, Brave New WorldAbstract
This paper describes and interprets the formal rearrangements made by the television series Brave New World when compared to the homonymous novel, written by Aldous Huxley, on which it was based. Through changes in the protagonist's functioning and the meaning of the revolt, it intends to understand the set of social anxieties that this new narrative structure formulates. The TV series, unlike the novel, seeks to represent a way out of the dystopian world, which, in turn, indicates the inconsistencies of a progressive and contemporary point of view.
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