THE EXPRESSION OF THE THEME OF CHILDHOOD IN ANTHONY BURGESS DYSTOPIAN NOVEL A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
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dystopia, dystopian authors, child character, theme childhood, personal freedom, social control, fight against violence.Abstract
This article examines the complexities of childhood and adolescence, as well as themes such as personal freedom, moral choice, and social control, in the most famous dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, a prominent 20th-century English writer, musicologist, and literary critic, and author of numerous works of fiction. The article analyzes the treatment of childhood in Burgess’s works and how it fits into the dystopian setting.
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