2. What is UTOPIA
• An imagined place or state of
things in which everything is
perfect.
• The word was first used in the
book Utopia (1516) by Sir
Thomas More
5. How would you define Dystopia
• An imagined place or state in
which everything is unpleasant
or bad, typically a totalitarian
or environmentally degraded
one.
7. DYSTOPIC TRAITS
• Will will review 8 common traits seen in
Dysopic literature
• Take notes on the chart provided.
8. 1. SOCIETY
• Definition: most impose severe social
restrictions on community members
• Examples:
• social stratification: social class is strictly
defined and enforced
• ruthless egalitarian
• repression of the intellectual
9. 2. SOCIAL GROUPS
• Definition: total absence of social groups other
than the “state”
• Examples
• independent religion is notable because of
omittance
• family is attacked: the hostility to motherhood
10. 3. NATURE
• Definition: characters are isolated from the natural
world
• Example: conditioned to fear nature
4. Political
Definition: Government asserts power over citizens
Examples:- flawed in some way—portrayed as
oppressive
- filled with pessimistic views of the ruling class—rules
with an “iron fist”
11. 5. ECONOMIC
• Definition: state is in control of the economy
• Examples: -black market—items banned or seen
as contraband
• - often privatization in businesses
6. The Hero:
Definition: protagonist questions society—
intuition
Example: Escape or Rebel
12. 7. CONFLICT
• Definition: societal group somewhere not under
control of state
8. Climax:
Definition: Emotional high
Example: can be unresolved
• - death or reeducation/conformity