ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A Dystopia can be defined as ____
A
A wonderful place to live
B
A place where you must conform
C
A place just like America
D
A place under the water
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A dystopia is an imagined community or society that is dehumanizing and frightening. A dystopia is an antonym of a utopia, which is a perfect society. The term “utopia” was coined by Sir Thomas More in his 1516 book Utopia, which was about an ideal society on a fictional island.

Detailed explanation-2: -In dystopian fiction conformity is the blind obedience to the rules of the authorities of the state; and it can be attained through obliging all people to think and act in the same way at the expense of their will and freedom of choice.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

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