Article Journal about Young Adult Literature: Dystopian World and Young Adults in M. T. Anderson’s Feed Science Fiction

Dystopian World and Young Adults in M. T. Anderson’s Feed Science Fiction Leni Marlina State University of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia lenimarlina@fbs.unp.ac.id Abstract Dystopian world in young adults’ literature can be found in science fiction genre such as M.T. Anderson’s Feed (2002). The dystopia in this young adult’s text reveals that there is no hope anymore on Earth because everything living and beautiful has been dead. In this situation, there is an internet chip called ‘feed’ implanted into humans’ brain. It becomes everything for people and it has taken control over the world. In Anderson’s Feed, two teenagers, Titus and Violet, are struggling to find themselves in the world, which has been dominated and occupied by technology as well as corporate. This research paper discusses the concept of science fiction with a dystopian world as a genre in children’s literature. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the narrative strategies that are empl...