ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive society control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through some sort of outside means is known as:
A
Utopia
B
Zootopia
C
Dystopia
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dystopia: A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dystopia is the opposite of utopia: a state in which the conditions of human life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror (or all three). A dystopian society is characterized by human misery in the form of squalor, oppression, disease, overcrowding, environmental destruction, or war.

Detailed explanation-3: -Utopia is when the community or society is perfect or ideal, dystopia is when the condition of that place is extremely bad or unpleasant.

Detailed explanation-4: -This kind of oppression includes the systematic mistreatment, exploitation, and abuse of a group (or groups) of people by another group (or groups). It occurs whenever one group holds power over another in society through the control of social institutions, along with society’s laws, customs, and norms.

Detailed explanation-5: -bureaucratic control-a government with relentless regulations rules. corporate control-a large corporation controls people through media or products. philosophical/religious control-an ideology enforced by the government controls society. More items

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