Creative Chaos: The Role of Creativity in Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and Walden Two Open Access

Abstract

This paper aims to comment on the role creativity plays within three dystopian texts, Brave New World, 1984, and Fahrenheit 451, and one utopian, Walden Two. As I examine creativity through Romantic and classical theories of creativity, as well as the psychological creativity model the Domain-Individual-Field Interaction Model, I find that creativity was much more present in these rigid societies than I had expected. In keeping with the Romantic theory, creativity becomes the way that John the Savage, Helmholtz Watson, Winston Smith, and Guy Montag express their rebellious impulses and advocate for a society in which individuality and creative freedom are valued over communal happiness. I compare this position from my dystopian texts to the classical model found in Walden Two and evaluate whether creativity is an essential element of humanity, according to utopian and dystopian literature.

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Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter One: Creativity: Individuality or Mass Entertainment? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Chapter Two: The Domain-Individual-Field Interaction Model and Dystopian Literature . . . . . . . 34

Chapter Three: A Rebellious Force for Freedom or a Group Effort? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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School	Emory College
Department	English
Degree	BA
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Psychology, General Literature, English Literature, Modern
Keyword	Captain Beatty Granger Walden Two Aldous Huxley Ray Bradbury John the Savage utopian literature Frazier O'Brien From Utopia to Nightmare rebellion Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Oscar Wilde creativity freedom M. H. Abrams utopia individuality Fahrenheit 451 Helmholtz Watson Winston Smith Chad Walsh Clarisse McClellan Bernard Marx dystopian literature Brave New World Guy Montag Burris The Domain-Individual-Field Model 1984 George Orwell dystopia Romantic theory Steffi Delcourt The Mirror and the Lamp Mustapha Mond B. F. Skinner
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Bugge, John M, Emory University
Committee Members	Duke, Marshall P, Emory University Kelleher, Paul, Emory University

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