ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

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One novel requires all people with blue or green eyes be given brown contacts to match everyone else. These contacts must be worn at all time or punishment will result. This is an example of which characteristic of dystopian literature?
A
Surveillance
B
Dehumanization
C
Idolatry
D
Conformity
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Brave New World (1932)-Aldous Huxley. Fahrenheit 451 (1953)-Ray Bradbury. Lord of the Flies (1954)-William Golding. A Clockwork Orange (1962)-Anthony Burgess.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dystopian literature is a form of speculative fiction that offers a vision of the future. Dystopias are societies in cataclysmic decline, with characters who battle environmental ruin, technological control, and government oppression.

Detailed explanation-3: -Technological control: Society is controlled by technology-through computers, robots, and/or scientific means. Examples include The Matrix, The Terminator, and I, Robot.

Detailed explanation-4: -Brazil by Criterion Collection. The Circle by Lionsgate. The Fifth Element by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. Gattaca by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Max Headroom : the complete series by Shout! Westworld by Turner Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video. More items •14-May-2021

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