Elements of Utopian and Dystopian Literature

Utopia (noun)

an _______ place or state

Utopia (noun)

any _________ system of political or social perfection

The word utopia comes from the book Utopia by Thomas More in 1516. Thomas More used Utopia as a ___, in Greek u-topos (‘no place’) and eu-topos (‘good place’).

What does the word pun mean?

• fear

• joke

• dream

Utopias, Sir Thomas More is saying that a utopia is too good to be true and not ________.

Dystopia (noun)

an​ (a)   place or state in which everything is as​ (b)   as possible.

• imaginary
• bad
• ideal
• wonderful
• real

Dystopia Characteristics

• Fear

• People live under constant ____________ and have few rights or freedoms.

• totalitarian

• Control is often maintained through a ____________ government.

• Propaganda

• ____ is instilled through a threat of violence.

• surveillance

• __________ is used to prevent independent thought or to “brainwash” citizens.

• dehumanized

• Society is oppressed and frequently ___________.

The majority are oppressed by a ruling ​ (a)   group of people.

• elite
• commoners
• workers
• peasants

Citizens are afraid and ​ (a)   of the “outside world.”

• distrustful
• enthusiastic
• trusting
• curious

Documents and books that were written in the past or about the past have either been ​ (a)   or ​ (b)   .

• banned
• published
• ignored
• forgotten
• destroyed