ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does the word dystopia literally mean?
A
Distant place
B
Not a good place
C
Non-existent place
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The word dystopia comes from adding the Latin prefix dys, which means “bad, ” to the word utopia. So a dystopia is a utopia gone wrong. While the intention might have been to create a perfect society, all the regulations make life there really bad.

Detailed explanation-2: -A dystopia (from Ancient Greek meaning “bad” and meaning “place"; alternatively cacotopia or simply anti-utopia) is a speculated community or society that is undesirable or frightening.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meaning of dystopia in English. a very bad or unfair society in which there is a lot of suffering, especially an imaginary society in the future, after something terrible has happened; a description of such a society: The film is set in 2700 on an uninhabitable Earth, a dystopia covered in towers of garbage.

Detailed explanation-4: -dystopia. / (dɪsˈtəʊpɪə) / noun.

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