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            • dystopian novel
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            • An anti-utopian novel where, instead of a paradise, everything has gone wrong in the attempt to create a perfect society. See utopian novel. Examples: * George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four * Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Robert Harris - VirtualSalt
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            • Written by Stephen King under the penname of Richard Bachman, “The Running Man” is a fantastic dystopian novel about a frightening future where ratings and entertainment takes form in a man hunt, and where even the “winners” are losers. - Jamie Frater by
            • Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange" is one of the most artfully crafted dystopian novels ever penned, rivaled only by Jack Womack's "Random Acts of Senseless Violence." - Mac Tonnies by
            • In every dystopian novel, the individual is of little, if any consequence, the desire being for uniformity within society. - BBC by
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            • roman dystopique
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            • Une dystopie — ou contre-utopie — est un récit de fiction peignant une société imaginaire, organisée de telle façon qu'elle empêche ses membres d'atteindre le bonheur, et contre l'avènement de laquelle l'auteur entend mettre en garde le lecteur. La dystopie s'oppose à l'utopie : au lieu de présenter un monde parfait, la dystopie propose le pire qui soit. La différence entre dystopie et utopie tient moins au contenu (car après examen, nombre d'utopies positives peuvent se révéler effrayantes) qu'à la forme littéraire et à l'intention de son auteur. Wikipedia - by ALIAS trad
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            • La troisième partie de l'ouvrage, Pour un art critique aujourd'hui, explorera les nouvelles formes sous lesquelles l'art manifeste de nouveau – quand bien même le manifeste se serait fait plus individuel, l'humain rescapé de la science-fiction se dressant, tout seul, face à une impitoyable machine, à la manière des héros de quelque roman dystopique anglais, type 1984 ou Le Meilleur des mondes. - Fabula by ALIAS trad
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            • distopijski roman
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            • Distopija (od grčkog δυσ- i τόπος, alternativno, kakotopija,[1] ili anti-utopija) je fikciono društvo koje predstavlja antitezu utopije. Obično ga karakteriše ugnjetavajuća društvena kontrola, kao kod autoritarnih ili totalitarnih vlada. Neki akademski krugovi razlikuju anti-utopiju i distopiju. Kao u Orvelovoj Osamdeset četvrtoj i Hakslijevom Vrlom novom svetu, distopija ne pretenduje da bude dobra, dok se anti-utopija predstavlja kao utopija, ili je planirana kao takva, ali je iz nekog razloga utopijski svet uništen ili iskrenut.[2] Own research - by Mirna Herman Baletić
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            • Lica utopija i distopija u hrvatskoj drami na prijelazu iz XX. u XXI. stoljeće - http://www.matica.hr by Mirna Herman Baletić
            • SN: 1331-0992 Autor: Lederer, Ana Naslov: Lica utopija i distopija u hrvatskoj drami na prijelazu iz XX. u XXI. stoljeće Matična publikacija: Kolo : časopis Matice hrvatske : [utemeljen 1842.] / [glavni i odgovorni urednik Vlaho Bogišić]. - 14 (2004), 4 ; str. 156-165 Impresum: Zagreb : Matica hrvatska Napomena: Tematski blok: Vizija drukčijeg svijeta Ključne riječi: utopija -- distopija -- hrvatska književnost, suvremena -- drama UDK: 821.163.42.09-2 Vrsta građe: Članak Knjižnica: Zbirka komparativne književnosti MFN: 21380 - http://www.matica.hr by Mirna Herman Baletić
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