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Dystopian narrative has gained enormous worldwide recognition and popularity with an upsurge in the number of literary dystopias and dystopian films. Dystopia presents alternative world scenarios, which project a relatively worse dystopian social order than the current experienced one, thereby functioning as a cautionary tale. Twentieth century witnessed the emergence and gradual rise of dystopia in the aftermath of the socio-political conjuncture and led dystopia to be generally interpreted as pessimistic. However, twentieth-century dystopian fiction is not completely pessimistic since it signifies hope through open-ended narratives, especially in the critical dystopias of the century. The experiential journey motif, which facilitates potential transformation in the character’s stance on the dynamics of the projected system, plays a significant role in eliciting the utopian impulse. The aim of this article is therefore to discuss the possibility of hope in twentieth-century dystopian fiction through a comprehensive analysis of P. D. James’s critical dystopia, The Children of Men (1992), which has not achieved critical and scholarly acclaim it deserves, probably due to the success of Alfonso Cuaron’s film, Children of Men (2006).  OZ Distopik anlati, distopik romanlardaki ve filmlerdeki artis sonucunda dunya capinda taninirlik kazanmistir. Distopya, deneyimlenen toplumsal duzene kiyasla daha kotu bir toplum duzenini yansitan alternatif dunya senaryolarini sunmaktadir. Bu baglamda distopyanin uyarici, ikaz edici bir boyutu da bulunmaktadir. 20. yuzyil, distopyanin sosyo-politik konjonktur sonrasi ortaya cikisina ve kademeli gelisimine taniklik etmistir. Bu da distopyanin karamsar bir tur olarak algilanmasina yol acmistir. Ancak, 20. yuzyil distopik anlatisi tamamiyla karamsar degildir cunku bu yuzyilda yazilan romanlarin, ozellikle de elestirel distopyalarin acik uclu yapisi umudu barindirmaktadir. Eserdeki karakterin, tasarlanan sistemin dinamiklerine olan tutumunda olasi bir degisimi mumkun kilan ve tecrubeye dayanan seyahat motifi, utopik durtunun ortaya cikarilmasinda onemli bir rol oynamaktadir. Bu anlamda bu makalenin amaci, muhtemelen Alfonso Cuaron’un Children of Men ( Son Umut , 2006) baslikli filminin basarisi yuzunden su ana kadar hak ettigi degeri gormeyen P. D. James’in elestirel [1] distopyasi,  The Children of Men (1992)’in kapsamli analizi uzerinden, 20. yuzyil distopik anlatisinda umudun olasiligini tartismaktir.  Anahtar Kelimeler: elestirel distopya, umut, P. D. James, seyahat, utopik durtu [1] Critical dystopia has not been dealt with in Turkish literature or has not been translated into Turkish language; therefore, I suggest “ elestirel distopya (or umut iceren distopya, icinde umut barindiran distopya, umitvar distopya) ” as the translation of the concept of “critical dystopia.”

QUEST FOR UTOPIAN IMPULSE IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY DYSTOPIAN NARRATIVE: P. D. JAMES’S CRITICAL DYSTOPIA, THE CHILDREN OF MEN