Dystopian Society
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The Age Of Dystopia
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Author : Louisa MacKay Demerjian
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2016-02-29
The Age Of Dystopia written by Louisa MacKay Demerjian and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-29 with Dystopian films categories.
This book examines the recent popularity of the dystopian genre in literature and film, as well as connecting contemporary manifestations of dystopia to cultural trends and the implications of technological and social changes on the individual and society as a whole. Dystopia, as a genre, reflects our greatest fears of what the future might bring, based on analysis of the present. This book connects traditional dystopian works with their contexts and compares these with contemporary versions. It centers around two main questions: Why is dystopia so popular now? And, why is dystopia so popular with young adult audiences? Since dystopia reflects the fears of society as a whole, this book will have broad appeal for any reader, and will be particularly useful to teachers in a variety of settings, such as in a high school or college-level classroom to teach dystopian literature, or in a comparative literature classroom to show how the genre has appeared in multiple locales at different times. Indeed, the book’s interdisciplinary nature allows it to be of use in classes focussing on politics, bioethics, privacy issues, women’s studies, and any number of additional topics.
The Dystopian Impulse In Modern Literature
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Author : M. Keith Booker
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1994-05-17
The Dystopian Impulse In Modern Literature written by M. Keith Booker and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-05-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
A detailed discussion of literary dystopias as social criticism in Zamyatin's We, Huxley's Brave New World, Orwell's 1984, and in contemporary works.
Free Radicals
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Author : Zeke Teflon
language : en
Publisher: See Sharp Press
Release Date : 2012-06-01
Free Radicals written by Zeke Teflon and has been published by See Sharp Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with Fiction categories.
Set in a dystopian society in the not-too-distant future, this sci-fi novel follows the misadventures of a bar musician and army vet who's set up on terrorism charges and deported to a single-continent prison planet. After a fight in which he nearly kills a neo-Nazi, the antihero main character flees to the other end of the continent with a prisoner he knew from Earth—a Mexican anarchist and fellow musician—on a Gulliver's Travels–type journey through a number of political and religious cult compounds. With comical depictions of the various cults they encounter on the way, Free Radicals insightfully explores the often-failed attempts at utopia and the day-to-day life of two traveling musicians.
Biopunk Dystopias
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Author : Lars Schmeink
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Biopunk Dystopias written by Lars Schmeink and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Literary Criticism categories.
'Biopunk Dystopias' contends that we find ourselves at a historical nexus, defined by the rise of biology as the driving force of scientific progress, a strongly grown mainstream attention given to genetic engineering in the wake of the Human Genome Project (1990-2003), the changing sociological view of a liquid modern society, and shifting discourses on the posthuman, including a critical posthumanism that decenters the privileged subject of humanism. The book argues that this historical nexus produces a specific cultural formation in the form of "biopunk", a subgenre evolved from the cyberpunk of the 1980s. Biopunk makes use of current posthumanist conceptions in order to criticize contemporary reality as already dystopian, warning that a future will only get worse, and that society needs to reverse its path, or else destroy all life on this planet.
The Repairer Of Reputations
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Author : Robert W. Chambers
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-01-28
The Repairer Of Reputations written by Robert W. Chambers and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-28 with categories.
The year is 1895, and you've just picked up a new book describing life in New York City 25 years in the future ... a future United States that is prosperous, and the Federal government has evolved into a mild military dictatorship; a future where suicide is institutionalized, and publicly funded 'Lethal Chambers' are constructed in all large cities to humanely terminate the existence of those sad and unproductive citizens for whom life has become intolerable, a future in which two very determined conspirators will risk everything to place the rightful King of America on his throne. Sound like a disturbing vision? The madness has begun. This is the book that inspired H.P. Lovecraft. Dystopian Classic Editions publishes works of dystopian literature that have survived through the generations and been recognized as classic works of literature. A dystopian society is an imagined society in which the people are oppressed, however the government propagandizes the society as being a utopia or a perfect society. Typical themes in dystopian literature include public mistrust, police states, and overall unpleasantness for the citizens. Authors of dystopian works strive to present a worst-case scenario and negative depiction of the way things are in the story so as to make a criticism about a current situation in society and to call for a change. Each Dystopian Classic Edition selected for publication presents such a story.
City Of Endless Night
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Author : Milo Hastings
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-11-13
City Of Endless Night written by Milo Hastings and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-13 with Fiction categories.
City of Endless Night (1919) is a dystopian novel which first appeared as the story "Children of Kultur" serialized in True Story Magazine in seven installments from May to November, 1919. The word kultur, German for culture, had been made infamous by Allied propaganda in World War I. Set in future of 1941, City of Endless Night anticipates the resurgence of Germany and the rise of fascism. Other highlights of its immense foresight are the idea of a rigidly controlled press, rise of Nazi religion, racial theories and Eugenic breeding. A Must Read! Milo Milton Hastings (1884–1957) was an American inventor, author, and nutritionist. He invented the forced-draft chicken incubator and Weeniwinks, a health-food snack. He wrote about chickens, science fiction, and health.
Dystopia And Economics
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Author : Charity-Joy Revere Acchiardo
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-03-09
Dystopia And Economics written by Charity-Joy Revere Acchiardo and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-09 with Business & Economics categories.
Government collapsing? Zombies hunting you down? Everyone you know killed by a global epidemic? Not to worry! Economics holds the keys to survival. Often known as "the dismal science", it is particularly equipped to reveal order in what seems like chaos. Economists observe human behaviour: what leads us to take action, and the subsequent consequences. However, the choices made by individuals are not made in isolation; they influence and are influenced by the actions of others. A set of rules, even if unwritten, guides human behaviour. Foundational economic principles stand firmly in place, even when society is breaking down, and an understanding of these basic tenets of societies is essential to surviving the end of the world as we know it. In this book, the authors draw from popular culture to show economic principles at work in the dystopian societies depicted in The Walking Dead, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Hunger Games, Divergent, A Clockwork Orange, and Last Man on Earth. In each society, its members face resource and social constraints that incentivize particular behaviours and lead to predictable outcomes. How does human behaviour change when resources are severely limited, the legal system breaks down, or individual freedom is stifled? The examples presented here shed an eerie light on the principles that guide our actions every day. Dystopia and Economics: A Guide to Surviving Everything from the Apocalypse to Zombies provides a user-friendly introduction to economics suitable for a general audience as well as devoted students of the discipline.
The War Of The Worlds
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Author : H. G. Wells
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-25
The War Of The Worlds written by H. G. Wells and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-25 with categories.
Though highly debated as to whether War of the Worlds is a true dystopian novel, several scholars agree that this classic science fiction novel by Wells makes the cut for the genre based upon its presentation of a worst-case scenario for a less than idyllic society. In the story Wells draws upon a common fear of that modern-day society. It was known at the time as the fin de si�cle or the 'end of the age' that anticipated an apocalypse at that the dawn of the new century. In fact in 1938 Orson Welles caused a nationwide panic with his broadcast of "War of the Worlds" - a realistic radio dramatization of Well's Martian invasion of Earth.Dystopian Classic Editions publishes works of dystopian and utopian literature that have survived through the generations and been recognized as classics. A dystopian society is an imagined society in which the people are oppressed, however the government propagandizes the society as being a utopia or a perfect society. Typical themes in dystopian literature include public mistrust, police states, and overall unpleasantness for the citizens. Authors of dystopian works strive to present a worst-case scenario and negative depiction of the way things are in the story so as to make a criticism about a current situation in society and to call for a change. Each Dystopian Classic Edition selected for publication presents such a story.
Modern Dystopian Fiction And Political Thought
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Author : Adam Stock
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-16
Modern Dystopian Fiction And Political Thought written by Adam Stock and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-16 with Political Science categories.
Over the past few years, ‘dystopia’ has become a word with increasing cultural currency. This volume argues that we live in dystopian times, and more specifically that a genre of fiction called "dystopia" has, above others, achieved symbolic cultural value in representing fears and anxieties about the future. As such, dystopian fictions do not merely mirror what is happening in the world: in becoming such a ready referent for discussions about such varied topics as governance, popular culture, security, structural discrimination, environmental disasters and beyond, the narrative conventions and generic tropes of dystopian fiction affect the ways in which we grapple with contemporary political problems, economic anxieties and social fears. The volume addresses the development of the narrative methods and generic conventions of dystopian fiction as a mode of socio-political critique across the first half of the twentieth century. It examines how a series of texts from an age of political extremes contributed to political discourse and rhetoric both in its contemporary setting and in the terms in which we increasingly cast our cultural anxieties. Focusing on interactions between temporality, spatiality and narrative, the analysis unpicks how the dystopian interacts with social and political events, debates and ideas, Stock evaluates modern dystopian fiction as a historically responsive mode of political literature. He argues that amid the terrors and upheavals of the first half of the twentieth century, dystopian fiction provided a unique space for writers to engage with historical and contemporary political thought in a mode that had popular cultural appeal. Combining literary analysis informed by critical theory and the history of political thought with archival-based historical research, this volume works to shed new light on the intersection of popular culture and world politics. It will be of interest to students and scholars in literary studies, cultural and intellectual history, politics and international relations.
Love And Sexuality In Dystopian Fiction An Analysis Of Brave New World And Nineteen Eighty Four
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Author : Lena Gräf
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2016-04-26
Love And Sexuality In Dystopian Fiction An Analysis Of Brave New World And Nineteen Eighty Four written by Lena Gräf and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, , language: English, abstract: This term paper is supposed to deal with how love and sex are depicted in “Brave New World” and “1984”, and if there are any similarities between them. Furthermore we will take a brief look at differences and similarities to love and sex in our society. What is the attitude towards marriage these days? And what is the role of love in all of that? After this we will then hopefully be able to identify what love and sex in dystopian fiction means. Ever since Thomas More’s “Utopia” love and sex have been a part of dystopian novels. In Thomas More’s times his depictions were ground breaking. Women were not allowed to marry until they were 18. In the past this was highly unusual, since most women married at the age of around 14. Furthermore divorce is forbidden, which, at this point, mirrors the time More lived in. This clearly influenced all the following writers of dystopian novels. They imagine a world that is negatively silhouetted against their own world. And since love is a big part of every society it is also a big part in every dystopian society. When looking for “the most famous dystopian novels” on Google, two that are immediately suggested are "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley and "1984" by George Orwell. Both have one thing in common: their rather negative and, for us, rather unusual attitude towards love, relationships and sex.