Violence and dystopia by Cojocaru, D, Cojocaru Daniel

“…The fifth chapter examines the post-apocalyptic environments resulting from failed scapegoat expulsion and mimetic conflict out of control, as portrayed in Sinclair’s <em>Radon Daughters</em> (1994), Margaret Atwood’s <em>The Handmaid’s Tale</em> (1985) and <em>Oryx and Crake</em> (2003) and Will Self’s <em>The Book of Dave</em> (2006). …”

New visions of the human in contemporary French fiction: bodies, writing, survival by Gormley, SJ

“…This is demonstrated by the proliferation of works that borrow from science fiction, dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction, and related speculative genres. …”