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DYSTOPIAS - Coggle Diagram
DYSTOPIAS
foundation of writing
anti- utopia (good-place)
speculative
cautionary
writing in fear
Dystopias critically reflect social imbalances and the lack of essential and personal liberty
society structure
controlling, oppressive government or no government
extreme poverty for everyone or a huge income gap between the upper and lower classes
propoganda controlling people's minds
free thinking and independant thought is banned
usually control and break down of relationships- encourage individuality
critics
Nyshka Chandran: 'these fictional stories are a relief partly because they reminded us that no matter how bleak the global Covid-19 pandemic is, things could be worse.'
Ursula Le Guin: 'Dystopias are certainly easier to imagine'
Chloe Houston: 'Good place is no place', 'Not all utopias can be trusted', 'too good to be true', 'our best hope lies in conflict', 'literal meaning of utopia is no-place', 'both fail on the grounds of practicality', 'sought out fictional parallels'
Espen Hamer: 'A utopia for a dystopian age'
why?
appeared in the 19th century and increased in the 20th century and present day
Dystopian literature may seem a natural place to turn in the face of international political upheave
First weeks of trump administration: 1984 bestseller, as readers faced with 'alternative facts' sought out fictional parallels