ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

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where did utopia originate
A
it did not originate anywhere
B
it is a greek word that means “no place”
C
it originated in the giver
D
it is a spanish word that means “perfect”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Utopia is an Aboriginal Australian homeland area formed in November 1978 by the amalgamation of the former Utopia pastoral lease with a tract of unalienable land to its north.

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