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Item THE REPRESENTATION OF FEMINIST DYSTOPIA IN THE HANDMAID’S TALE BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND SWASTIKA NIGHT BY KATHARINE BURDEKIN(2015-06-26) YURDAKUL, Selin; TEKİN, KuğuThe aim of this thesis is to explore the construction and reflection of female identity in the feminist dystopias entitled The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and Swastika Night by Katharine Burdekin. Through these novels, which constitute the subject of the thesis, it has been asserted that woman's identity is pushed aside and even erased in the patriarchal social structure of theocratic states. In the theory chapter, the concepts of utopia and dystopia have been defined through the views of critiques. In addition, related studies of two feminist critiques, Luce Irigaray and Helene Cixous, have been studied in order to shed light on the novel analyses in the following analytical chapters. As for the analytical chapters, the social order and women's position have been analysed in The Handmaid’s Tale and Swastika Night. In conclusion, in the dystopias, written by Burdekin and Atwood, it is has been proved that women are not assessed as individuals; they are rather considered to be objects used for reproduction.