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SOURCE:	Philology. Theory & Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2012. № 1. P. 148-151.
SCIENTIFIC AREA:	Philological Sciences
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LITERARY ANTI-UTOPIA ORIGIN: JACK LONDON

Shishkina Svetlana Grigor'evna
Ivanovo State Chemical-Technological University

Abstract. The author considers the correlation of utopian and anti-utopian motives in Jack London's world-view. They believe that the American writer not indifferent to social-utopian prognostics modeled artistic socialist society as utopia realization ideal in future. In this article it is stated that anti-utopian, critical moods are also characteristic of Jack London. With this purpose the author analyzes his little-known novel The Scarlet Plague and suggests a new point of view on his classic work - the novel The Iron Heel.

Key words and phrases: утопия, ранняя литературная антиутопия, становление социально-прогностического жанра, специфические характеристики, utopia, early literary anti-utopia, social-prognostic genre formation, specific characteristics

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