Essays about: "dystopian literature"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the words dystopian literature.

  1. 11. The Ministry of Post-Truth: Using George Orwell’s 1984 to Develop English as a Foreign Language Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Hudberg; [2018]
    Keywords : EFL; Critical thinking; George Orwell; 1984; Dystopian Fiction; Post-truth; Alternative Facts; Fake News; Critical literacy pedagogy;

    Abstract : In 2016, “post-truth” was chosen as the word of the year by the Oxford Dictionaries. This is a concept that has come to be associated with a type of political discourse in which objective facts are less important than factual inaccuracies which appeal to emotion to influence people’s attitudes. READ MORE

  3. 12. Burning the Good Book: Religion and ideology in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Henric Frenning; [2018]
    Keywords : Dystopia; Utopia; Religion; Ideology; Science fiction; Television; Literature; Biblioclasm; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The literary genre of dystopian fiction grew out of the larger science fiction genre during the first half of the 20th century. Distinctive of dystopian fiction is a tendency towards allegory. Books in the genre use allegory to make statements on a wide range of subjects. READ MORE

  4. 13. Brave New World : Blind Perception of the Early 20th Century

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Sebastian Kylin; [2018]
    Keywords : New Historicism; Satire; 20th Century Britain; Discourse;

    Abstract : Huxley’s Brave New World portrays a futuristic hyperbole of mankind’s future as a result of technological advancements. From a New Historical perspective, this essay examines how BNW satirizes contemporary society by satire where the audience is both a part of the problem and solution. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and The Hunger Games : Implementing critical literacy in the EFL classroom when reading Suzanne Collins’ dystopian novel

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Johanna Hansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Human Rights; critical literacy; young adult literature; dystopia; the EFL classroom; education; The Hunger Games;

    Abstract : The primary aim of this master’s thesis has been to examine how the dystopian, young adult novel, The Hunger Games (2008) by Suzanne Collins could entail depictions of violations against the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). The analysis has been conducted based on a theme-based close reading of the novel using the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a contextualization device. READ MORE

  6. 15. Divergence of Genre and Gender: A Study on Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games Trilogy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Hanna Kenne; [2017]
    Keywords : Suzanne; Collins; Gender; Genre; Bildungsroman; Dystopia; Young; Adult; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Suzanne Collins’ trilogy The Hunger Games is, thus far, one of the 21st century’s most well known young adult series, and Collins has been praised for challenging things such as gender stereotypes and genre limitations. It has been labelled as a contemporary young adult dystopian novel, and has a strong female protagonist. READ MORE