"Typescript of the Second Origin" and Current YA Dystopian and Post-Apocalypse Fiction in English: Prefiguring the Female Hero
YA post-apocalypse and dystopian novels formulate alternative realities where traditional gender roles and conceptions of masculinity and femininity can be contested and/or re-invented. Manuel de Pedrolo’s novel Typescript of the Second Origin (1974) is a case in point since, in the aftermath of a d...
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University of South Florida
2017-05-01
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Series: | Alambique |
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Online Access: | https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/alambique/vol4/iss2/5 |