ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following BEST describes dystopian fiction?
A
It always exists in the future
B
It is meant purely to entertain
C
It emphasizes real problems in our society
D
It discourages any form of human progress
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The dystopian fiction conjures up worlds or societies in which suffering results from oppression, deprivation, or terror, and where human misery-such as filth, oppression, disease, overcrowding, environmental degradation, or war-is what distinguishes human society. Therefore, Option (a) is correct.

Detailed explanation-2: -The dystopian genre imagines worlds or societies where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror, and human society is characterized by human misery, such as squalor, oppression, disease, overcrowding, environmental destruction, or war.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Dystopias are often characterized by fear or distress, tyrannical governments, environmental disaster, or other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society.

Detailed explanation-5: -It makes the audience aware of the potential dangers of a totalitarian government, even when presented in somewhat fantastic scenarios. Dystopian fiction presents an altered world with altered rules, rules which eventually become repellent and adversarial to the protagonist.

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