Disrupting slavery grand narratives through dystopian fiction / Chaib, Oussama

Public ISBD Titre : Disrupting slavery grand narratives through dystopian fiction : Ben winters’ underground airlines as a case study Type de document : texte manuscrit Auteurs : Chaib, Oussama, Auteur ; Hamdi ,Rafik, Auteur ; Djihad Afaf Selt, Directeur de thèse Editeur : Laghouat : University Amar Telidji - Department of English Année de publication : 2025 Importance : 63 p. Accompagnement : CD Langues : Anglais Catégories : THESES :20 Langue et litterature anglaise Mots-clés : Underground Airlines  Dystopian Fiction  Postmodernism  Grand Narratives  Alternative History  Slavery  Racial Injustice  Freedom  Identity  Civil War Résumé : Slavery has profoundly shaped cultural, political, and economic structures, leaving legacies that continue to influence contemporary societies. Its central role in declaring the American Civil War (1861- 1865) has been widely discussed for centuries. Ben H. Winters, in Underground Airlines (2016), creates an alternative history where the Civil War was never fought. The novel follows the protagonist's pursuit of freedom in a purely dystopian setting, highlighting themes like identity, freedom, racism, and oppression. The present research investigates how dystopian fiction can disrupt the grand narratives of slavery and history. This work is theoretically grounded in dystopian fiction within postmodernism, exploring concepts such as “incredulity toward metanarratives” and the questioning of history, relying on descriptive and analytical approaches. The data collected are of a descriptive nature, analyzed and interpreted in the light of the novel. Ultimately, the dissertation argues that Underground Airlines serves not only as a powerful dystopian text but also as a critical intervention in the discourse of slavery narratives. By imagining an alternative history, Ben Winters invites readers to reconsider the persistence of racial injustice and the fragility of freedom note de thèses : Master in Civilization and Literature Disrupting slavery grand narratives through dystopian fiction : Ben winters’ underground airlines as a case study [texte manuscrit] / Chaib, Oussama, Auteur ; Hamdi ,Rafik, Auteur ; Djihad Afaf Selt, Directeur de thèse . - Laghouat : University Amar Telidji - Department of English, 2025 . - 63 p. + CD. Langues : Anglais Catégories : THESES :20 Langue et litterature anglaise Mots-clés : Underground Airlines  Dystopian Fiction  Postmodernism  Grand Narratives  Alternative History  Slavery  Racial Injustice  Freedom  Identity  Civil War Résumé : Slavery has profoundly shaped cultural, political, and economic structures, leaving legacies that continue to influence contemporary societies. Its central role in declaring the American Civil War (1861- 1865) has been widely discussed for centuries. Ben H. Winters, in Underground Airlines (2016), creates an alternative history where the Civil War was never fought. The novel follows the protagonist's pursuit of freedom in a purely dystopian setting, highlighting themes like identity, freedom, racism, and oppression. The present research investigates how dystopian fiction can disrupt the grand narratives of slavery and history. This work is theoretically grounded in dystopian fiction within postmodernism, exploring concepts such as “incredulity toward metanarratives” and the questioning of history, relying on descriptive and analytical approaches. The data collected are of a descriptive nature, analyzed and interpreted in the light of the novel. Ultimately, the dissertation argues that Underground Airlines serves not only as a powerful dystopian text but also as a critical intervention in the discourse of slavery narratives. By imagining an alternative history, Ben Winters invites readers to reconsider the persistence of racial injustice and the fragility of freedom note de thèses : Master in Civilization and Literature

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