Kernetekster
What is "The Lottery" about?
A society where a lottery takes place once a year. The persons name on the lottery ticket will be stoned to death by the other people in the small village.
A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions
Name the short story from which this quote is from: “There’s always been a lottery” .
Bonus points if you can name the author
The lottery by Shirley Jackson
Name the three main variations of the utopian ideal
static >< dynamic
Hierarchical >< egalitarian
Ascetic >< want satisfying
Name any dystopia
e.g. hunger games, divergent, handmaids tale ect...
Who is the author of "Harrison Bergeron"?
Kurt Vonnegut
What is the definition of dystopia?
A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through different types of control. The opposite of a utopia
“THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal”
Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut
Does the following definition describe hierarchical or egalitarian?
"there is an emphasis on equality. Men and women share the same rights abd take part in decisions"
egalitarian
Who typically reads dystopias today?
Who is the main character of "The handmaid's tale"?
June/Offred
Name the 4 types of dystopian controls
Corporate control
Bureaucratic control
Technological control
Philosophical/religious control
“This will become ordinary”
Hint! from a novel which is a TV-show as well
The Handmaid's tale, Margaret Antwood/Reed Moreno
what is the difference between a static and a dynamic society?
Static: seeks to maintain it's original form
Dynamic: recognizes historical change and copes with changes to the original form
what are some traditional dystopian themes?
Realists, religion, totalitarian, sexuality, love and friendship, identity and memory, communication, technology
Name all of the novels different groups read and worked with
1984
Divergent
Hunger Games
Maze Runner
The handmaid's tale
What does ominous mean?
Hint! relevant when speaking of dystopia
ildevarslendes, dyster
“It’s not the way it used to be (…) people aren’t the way they used to be”
Hint! female author
The Lottery, Shirley Jackson
what characterizes want satisfying?
There are no limits to material goods = abundance of goods can be a goal in itself
which war did the dystopian genres emerge from and why so?
The Second World War
Which series is "Fifteen million Merits" from?
Black Mirror
What does theocratic mean?
styreform baseret på religion
"Show us something real and free and beautiful. You couldn't. It'll break us.”
Hint! talent show
Fifteen million merits
What characterizes ascetic?
needs are restrained by simplicity and therefore luxury is restricted = strict self denial
which theatre play did we go see in Danish class - which is also a dystopia?
A Clockwork Orange