A política e a economia na Sociedade Distópica dos Jogos Vorazes, de Suzanne Collins

Abstract

The present research, seeking to observe how literature reflects history, discusses aspects of the current Capitalist Society within the Suzanne Collins’ Trilogy The Hunger Games, through a comparative perspective. To do this, this research is divided in three chapters: the first chapter aims to discuss the issue of Capitalist Society, considering since the Feudal Society, the transition period between the two models of society and the Capitalist, from its formation until the present day. For this discussion, is used the theoretical reference of Marx, in addition to other Marxist theorists that discuss the Capitalist Society. Besides that, topics about media, television, entertainment society and reality shows are also discussed in this first chapter, which will be used later for comparison with The Hunger Games. In the second chapter of this research there is a discussion of the concepts of Utopia and Dystopia, in addition to bringing the classics of the dystopian literature, 1984, by George Orwell, Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley and Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, to illustrate the concepts previously discussed. The third chapter is dedicated to the analysis of the Suzanne Collins’ Trilogy of The Hunger Games, considering the previous chapters so that it is done in a comparative way between aspects of history and literature.