Utopia/Dystopia Flashcards

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Utopia Characteristics + background

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peaceful government, unity, equality of citizens, happiness, individuality, free of violence, access to education/healthcare/employment

Neologism from 2 Greek words: outopia (no place) + eutopia (good place)

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Dystopia Characteristics

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War, Revolution, Rebellion, overpopulation, natural disaster have resulted dramatic changes to society, controlling government, extreme poverty for everyone/huge income gap between richest + poorest

Antithesis of utopian society

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Dystopia protagonist

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Often feels trapped + is struggling to escape, questions the existing social + political systems, recognizes that something is wrong, helps audience recognizes negative aspects of society

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Utopia after 2 world wars

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GLOBAL UTOPIA OF WORLD PEACE optimistically seen as 1 of possible endings of history

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Utopia religious

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RELIGIOUS UTOPIAS (described as garden of delights, life free of worry in middle of streets paved w/ gold)

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Utopia technology

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SCIENTIFIC + TECHNOLOGY UTOPIA is the strong belief in that 1 day science + technology will allow utopian living standards (absence of death, illness + suffering, changes in human nature)

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Dystopian writers

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mostly engage readers w/ something familiar to them since society must have echoes of readers’ own experiences

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Utopia/Dystopia short

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Definition: dealing w/ ideal (future) society/world (utopia), future society in which human freedom is severely limited. Criticizes our present-day society by exposing trends + tendencies towards totalitarian control (Dystopia)

Media: mainly novels/short stories

Example: brave new world

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Science Fiction short

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Definition: positive/negative effects of scientific developments/discoveries on society

Examples: wells, war of worlds, Star Wars

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Fantasy

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Definition: using magic + supernatural elements in settings, plots, themes

Examples: lord of rings, Harry Potter

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Science fiction elements

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Future, outer space, aliens.., futuristic technology

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Challenges of 21st century

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New demand of sustainability ->balance between needs of present + future generations, sustainable development implies use of renewable energies + recycling of materials

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INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES

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revolutionized communication, transfer of Data + access to info + economy

Fears: loss of privacy, new methods of espionage

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Extrapolation

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Elements of Future society on basis of present day phenomena + developments

Writer criticizes society by demonstrating what certain trends may lead to/what point society has already reached

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