ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Protestant reformation was not an influence on the dystopian fiction. Explanation: Dystopian fiction started in the late 18th century and did not get a hold of the world until the late 19th century when it boomed as one of the major genres of fiction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some of the most significant dystopian literature was produced from the 1930s through the 1960s and was inspired by political and social situations such as the impact of industrial technology, the totalitarianism of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Soviet Union, and advances in nuclear weaponry.

Detailed explanation-3: -A change in dystopian literature also occurs after World War II. Orwell’s 1984 (1949), written shortly after the war, reveals a new view on how a future dystopian society could be constructed.

Detailed explanation-4: -History of dystopian fiction. The history of dystopian literature can be traced back to the reaction to the French Revolution of 1789 and the prospect that mob rule would produce dictatorship. Until the late 20th century, it was usually anti-collectivist. Dystopian fiction emerged as a response to the utopian.

Detailed explanation-5: -Common elements of dystopian fiction include societies engaged in forever wars, and characterized by extreme social and economic class divides, mass poverty, environmental devastation, anarchy, and loss of individuality.