Titre :	Anti-intellectualism and Deprivation of the Individual Freedom in the Modern Society as Depicted in the Dystopian Novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Rayene Larkeche, Auteur ; Malika Belkharchouche, Directeur de thèse
Editeur :	CONSTANTINE [ALGERIE] : Université Frères Mentouri Constantine
Année de publication :	2019
Importance :	79 f.
Format :	30cm.
Note générale :	Une copie electronique PDF disponible au BUC.
Langues :	Français (fre)
Catégories :	Lettres et Langues Etrangères:Langue Anglaise
Tags :	Anti-intellectualism  dystopia  repression - Ray Bradbury  Fahrenheit 451.
Index. décimale :	420 Langue anglaise
Résumé :	The present research paper deals with the social concerns that are depicted in Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 in relation to the political and cultural climate of the 1950s in the United States. The dissertation puts focus on the concerns of antiintellectualism and the obsession with technology and the role of the political system in effecting the individuals’ freedom of mind and in creating a superficial harmony in the society. Fahrenheit 451 is about an oppressive political system which burns books and a mindless society which adopts a superficial life influenced by the media and television. Ray Bradbury depicts a conformist society drowned in superficial pleasures offered by the established system through innovative technological devices. On the other hand, the government is anti-intellectual and condemns any collector of books as a criminal who must die and the books to be burned. Instead of books, the government promotes technology as the main source of freedom and happiness. The state’s policies provoke a detachment from the intellectual life, especially through television, so that people have become mindless, emotionless, and never curious about what is going around. They blindly fo llow the government’s decisions and never criticize or reflect on their reality. The situation depicted in Fahrenheit 451 is similar to the conditions in the United States in the 1950s. The decade witnessed the highest level of economic prosperity and scientific advancement, but the political system was ideologically anti-intellectual. Americans were addicted to television, attracted by new cars, and obsessed with advertisements while the government was censoring any literary or artistic production that did not conform to its ideology. Thus, to analyze the social concerns in Fahrenheit 451 and to examine the reasons that turn a developed nation into a conformist society, an understanding of the social and political climate of the 1950s in America is necessary
Diplome :	Master 2
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Anti-intellectualism and Deprivation of the Individual Freedom in the Modern Society as Depicted in the Dystopian Novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury [texte imprimé] / Rayene Larkeche, Auteur ; Malika Belkharchouche, Directeur de thèse . - CONSTANTINE [ALGERIE] : Université Frères Mentouri Constantine, 2019 . - 79 f. ; 30cm.
Une copie electronique PDF disponible au BUC.
Langues : Français (fre)

Catégories :	Lettres et Langues Etrangères:Langue Anglaise
Tags :	Anti-intellectualism  dystopia  repression - Ray Bradbury  Fahrenheit 451.
Index. décimale :	420 Langue anglaise
Résumé :	The present research paper deals with the social concerns that are depicted in Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 in relation to the political and cultural climate of the 1950s in the United States. The dissertation puts focus on the concerns of antiintellectualism and the obsession with technology and the role of the political system in effecting the individuals’ freedom of mind and in creating a superficial harmony in the society. Fahrenheit 451 is about an oppressive political system which burns books and a mindless society which adopts a superficial life influenced by the media and television. Ray Bradbury depicts a conformist society drowned in superficial pleasures offered by the established system through innovative technological devices. On the other hand, the government is anti-intellectual and condemns any collector of books as a criminal who must die and the books to be burned. Instead of books, the government promotes technology as the main source of freedom and happiness. The state’s policies provoke a detachment from the intellectual life, especially through television, so that people have become mindless, emotionless, and never curious about what is going around. They blindly fo llow the government’s decisions and never criticize or reflect on their reality. The situation depicted in Fahrenheit 451 is similar to the conditions in the United States in the 1950s. The decade witnessed the highest level of economic prosperity and scientific advancement, but the political system was ideologically anti-intellectual. Americans were addicted to television, attracted by new cars, and obsessed with advertisements while the government was censoring any literary or artistic production that did not conform to its ideology. Thus, to analyze the social concerns in Fahrenheit 451 and to examine the reasons that turn a developed nation into a conformist society, an understanding of the social and political climate of the 1950s in America is necessary
Diplome :	Master 2
Permalink :	https://bu.umc.edu.dz/master/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=12556