It did Happen Here: How Populism Leads to Fascism in America as Foreshadowed in Early 20th Century Literature

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Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)

Krijger, Claudia (2024)

It did Happen Here: How Populism Leads to Fascism in America as Foreshadowed in Early 20th Century Literature

Bachelor thesis | Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)

This thesis examines the concepts of populism and fascism as fodder for satirical themes in literature and as a device for warning of impending populist and fascist surges. Populism is a group response to individual grievances and differences, and when compounded by social insecurities like ethnic and cultural insecurity and economic insecurity, can lead to a justification of fascism and the rise of authoritarian leaders. I will demonstrate the relevance of populism and fascism in a comparative literature analysis of Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street (1920) and Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here (1935).

Author: Krijger, Claudia

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation: Literature

Supervisors: Prof.dr. N.Lawtoo

ECTS Credits: 10

Language: en

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