Feminist utopias as represented in Joanna Russ' works: The female man and the two of them

Utopia is studied by so many critics throughout the beginning of genre butit is generally defined as both a good place and no place or as signifying what isthe ideal and a desire for change in present order. It is also described as ablueprint of a society mostly by most philosophers or it is totally rejectedbecause it signifies which is not-real or an ideology. But utopia as a term haschanged its meaning and transformed to a more critical and transgressive genrewith the introduction of feminist utopias to the field in 1970s. In this thesis, I willtry to discuss this by examining Joanna Russ?s two novels: The Female Man andThe Two of Them. In the first chapter I will focus on different definitions of utopiaby various scholars and philosophers and then in the second chapter I willattempt defining what feminist utopia is and how it has developed through itsemergence. The third chapter discusses the differences between feminist andtraditional utopia, which is very important to understand the changing face ofutopia as a term. In the fourth chapter I will introduce the term ?critical? and?transgressive? utopia by the help of critics Tom Moylan and Lucy Sargisson.Finally, the last two parts will be the study of the two novels in respect to theirvalue as critical utopias.Key World: 1) Utopia, 2)Feminist Utopia, 3)Science-Fiction, 4) 1970s America,5)Utopianism