ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
People who live in a ____ have little choices and are often punished.
A
house
B
distopia
C
genre
D
apartment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Characteristics of a Dystopian Society Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. Citizens have a fear of the outside world. Citizens live in a dehumanized state. The natural world is banished and distrusted.

Detailed explanation-2: -Brave New World (1932), by Aldous Huxley Aldous Huxley’s empirical, efficiently managed society that suppresses emotions and nonconformity is perhaps the best-known dystopia on this list.

Detailed explanation-3: -Themes typical of a dystopian society include: complete control over the people in a society through the usage of propaganda, heavy censoring of information or denial of free thought, worshiping an unattainable goal, the complete loss of individuality, and heavy enforcement of conformity.

Detailed explanation-4: -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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