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Utopia/Dystopia Modern/Postmodern

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Utopia/Dystopia Modern/Postmodern

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  1. Utopia/DystopiaModern/Postmodern

  2. Utopia • Critical observers may see the “traces of the Utopian impulse everywhere” and recognize the impulse as “somehow rooted in human nature…distinct enough from erotic daydreams” yet still an “amateur activity in which personal opinions take the place of mechanical contraptions and the mind takes its satisfaction in the sheer operations of putting together new models of this or that perfect society” (Jameson 10).

  3. Utopia The word has Greek roots, originally a combination of ou (not) and tóp (place), effectively meaning “no place” or “not a place,” which properly reflects the idealistic and impossible nature of such a world. Thomas More’s 1516 Utopia

  4. Modernism Start: Mid to late 19th century End: WWII to the 60s Famous authors and artists include: T. S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, Franz Kafka, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Marcel Duchamp, Piet Mondrian, etc.

  5. Many (but not all) Modernists… …grapple with religion …grapple with scientific advancement …take advantage of international communication and cultural exchange …search for answers in a new and chaotic world (much of it ravaged by wars) …experiment with original and often bizarre forms of written expression …explore urban environments with excitement, awe, fear, and fascination …develop an interest in the subconscious (stream of consciousness) …describe the culture of alcohol …portray characters suffering from alienation and disillusionment …seek a mutual relationship between style and substance …look to history for wisdom while also trying to break free from it …embrace a sparse aesthetic over an ornate one …focus on mankind's abilities …comment on an emerging class structure/decline of traditional aristocracy …challenge the concept of ownership

  6. What is a dystopia?

  7. Dystopia

  8. Postmodernism Mid 20th century to ? Famous authors: ?

  9. Many (but not all) Postmodernists… …reject religious principles …reject scientific principles …decide that there are no definite answers …engage in meta-expression …often find more meaning in style than substance …leave history behind and turn to the future …describe the culture of drug use/alternate realities …focus on mankind's possibilities …suggest that words themselves may be meaningless …decide that no one owns anything

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