Definitions
A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs and conditions
What is Utopia?
Used to control the citizens in a dystopian society
What is Propanganda?
The protagonist often feels trapped and is _________________?
What is struggling to escape?
This book by H.G. Well is one of the earliest well-known examples of dystopian literature.
What is the The Time Machine?
This type of control refers to control by technology through computers, robots and/or scientific means.
What is Technological control?
Gives the illusion of a perfect society
What is dystopia?
What is constant surveillance?
The protagonist believes or feels that something is ______________ with the society in which he or she lives
What is wrong?
Between ______ & ______, dystopian literature became a powerful way for many Americans to criticize systems they viewed as threatening,.
What is 1930 and 1960?
One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media.
What is Corporate Control?
A futuristic, imagined universe where some oppressive force keeps control over society
What is Dystopia?
This is banished and mistrusted in a dystopian society.
What is the Natural World/Nature?
The Protagonist often questions the existing _______ and ________ systems.
What are social and political?
This popular novel opened the U.S. to the genre of young adult dystopian literature?
What is The Giver by Lois Lawry?
Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials.
What is Bureaucratic Control?
It's purpose is to criticize a current trend, social norm or political system
What is Dystopian Literature?
These two related things are considered to be "bad" in a dystopian society.
What are individuality and dissent?
The protagonist helps the audience recognizes the __________ _______ of the dystopian world through their perspective.
What is Negative Aspects?
Many "classic" dystopian novels, focused on their critique one these political systems.
What is communism or socialism?
Society is controlled by philosophical (some moral idea) or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.
What is Philosophical/Religious Control?