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Critical Review on the Idea of Dystopia (Critical Review of Huxley (Huxley…
Critical Review on the Idea of Dystopia
Utopia to Dystopia
Utopianism began with Plato's
Republic
.
Thomas More wrote
Utopia
, meaning "No place".
Anti-Utopianism began in eighteenth century. Writers saw utopianism as unrealistic. Important literature, including
Gulliver's Travels
.
Utopian thoughts appeared in the nineteenth century, as technology advanced.
Dystopia appeared in later nineteenth century.
Foundations of Dystopian Literature
M.H. Foster Moylan is considered the pioneer of technological dystopian fiction. He wrote novels, such as
Scraps of the Untainted Sky
and
The Machine Stops.
We
is considered the prototype of dystopia. The novel criticizes the faith in humans.
Brave New World
is a reaction to a capitalist society.
1984
is a reaction to Stalin's totalitarianism.
Many dystopian novels showed the concern for present issues, not ones of the future.
Critical Review of Huxley
Huxley portrays the conflict between science and humanity.
Brave New World
depicts a world with only materialistic and scientific pleasures.
Wrote
Brave New World
during the aftermath of World War I. The country was experiencing political, social, and economic issues.
Huxley questions how the world can keep its values with the growth of technology.
The citizens in
Brave New World
can be compared to how the public media controls people today.
The thoughtless society in
Brave New World
can be seen in America today. For example, in issues including euthanasia, failure of the arts, and failure of the education system.