ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Dystopian literature is a genre of fictional writing used to explore social and political structures in ‘a dark, nightmare world. ‘ The term dystopia is defined as a society characterized by poverty, squalor or oppression and the theme is most commonly used in science fiction and speculative fiction genres.

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: -The ultimate purpose of dystopian fiction is commentary on contemporary society through an unfamiliar setting.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dystopian literature is a form of speculative fiction that began as a response to utopian literature.