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March 16, 2007
Kelo The Great's Definition Of The Week
The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms
Since we are about to watch Blade Runner in the near future, this term seems the most appropriate.
dystopia: Usually set at some point in the author's future and describes a society in which we would not want to live. Writers presenting dystopias generally want to alert readers to the potential pitfalls and dangers of society's present course or of a course society might conceivably take one day.
1984 and The Machine Stops are famous examples of a dystopia. There is also a movie that had just hit theaters called Children Of Men. Based on the novel of the same name, it is about a dying society no longer able to reproduce. The movie begins with the youngest person on Earth (18 years old) dying. For your interest, here is a trailer of that movie:
Posted by KevinHinton at March 16, 2007 3:53 PM