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1 University of Houston, Modern and Classical Languages, US
Source
International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, Vol 2, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 1-5
Abstract
This paper examines from a comparative perspective six novels telling stories of extreme life experiences set in both Western and oriental cultures. The paper argues that in these extreme cases, the characters, subjected to absolute power domination, lose their individual identities and are transformed into "human products". Their struggles for power will always remain futile unless they find a way to reverse the power relationships they are trapped in. Such a reversal allows the hope of an exit for the "human products" to escape the hopeless situation of perpetuated social, sexual, and mental enslavement.
Keywords
Extreme Literature, Human Products, Identity, Self-Enslavement, Power Struggle.
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