Fallen Utopia or Dystopia Proper
Satirical Purpose
Narrative Approach
Context
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Fallen Utopia or Dystopia Proper
Sometimes the dystopia may possess utopian aspirations or some desirable features;
it will sometimes be possible to discern good intentions on the part of a would-be architect of social change that foundered due to miscalculation or overreaching.
In dark
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Satirical Purpose
Often the dystopia satirises some aggressive aspect or tendency within human nature, often the compulsion to wield power, or to preserve social, racial or gender difference.
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Narrative Purpose
Commonly the writer will make use of a ‘limited’ narrative viewpoint, caught up himself or herself in the action, and sometimes several layers of narrative (messages found in cylinders etc) to distance the reader from fantastic events.
The illusion of v
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Context
A key feature of dystopia is that, whatever the situation ostensibly described, the writer’s real subject is invariably his or her own society.
This is most commonly exemplified by the number of 1950s science fiction stories which are ostensibly about in
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Card 2
Front
Sometimes the dystopia may possess utopian aspirations or some desirable features;
it will sometimes be possible to discern good intentions on the part of a would-be architect of social change that foundered due to miscalculation or overreaching.
In dark
Back
Fallen Utopia or Dystopia Proper
Card 3
Front
Often the dystopia satirises some aggressive aspect or tendency within human nature, often the compulsion to wield power, or to preserve social, racial or gender difference.
Back
Card 4
Front
Commonly the writer will make use of a ‘limited’ narrative viewpoint, caught up himself or herself in the action, and sometimes several layers of narrative (messages found in cylinders etc) to distance the reader from fantastic events.
The illusion of v
Back
Card 5
Front
A key feature of dystopia is that, whatever the situation ostensibly described, the writer’s real subject is invariably his or her own society.
This is most commonly exemplified by the number of 1950s science fiction stories which are ostensibly about in
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