ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The word “Utopia” means ____
A
a good place
B
a bad place
C
no place at all
D
both “A” and “C”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -often capitalized : a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions. : an impractical scheme for social improvement. 3. : an imaginary and indefinitely remote place.

Detailed explanation-2: -He coined the word ‘utopia’ from the Greek ou-topos meaning ‘no place’ or ‘nowhere’. It was a pun-the almost identical Greek word eu-topos means ‘a good place’. So at the very heart of the word is a vital question: can a perfect world ever be realised?

Detailed explanation-3: -A utopia is an ideal society, that is a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions. Any scheme or vision for producing such a society can be called utopian.

Detailed explanation-4: -a. Moral. All these utopias use and explore questionable morals or ethics, such as the genetic perfection of human beings. b. Political/Economic/Social. c. Ecological. d. Religious. Dystopia. A dystopia is the opposite of a utopia.

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