Abstract
The purpose of this review is firstly to show the formation of dystopia that finds its roots in utopia. Then, the foundation of dystopian fiction from the perspectives of such critics as Chad Walsh, Tom Moylan, Mark R. Hillegas, and Erika Gottlieb, among some others, is investigated. Finally, we briefly reveal the standing of Aldous Huxley, Kurt Vonnegut, and Don DeLillo, among many other dystopian writers, in depiction of dystopian societies. This study also attempts to explain how works of these three writers were revolutionary in their challenging of the new values that led to the degradation of human dignity.
Highlights
The purpose of this review is firstly to show the formation of dystopia that finds its roots in utopia
We briefly reveal the standing of Aldous Huxley, Kurt Vonnegut, and Don DeLillo, among many other dystopian writers, in depiction of dystopian societies
It is important to show that the dystopian literature emerging in the twentieth century was rooted in a utopian vision that invests in our imagination that seeks to create an ideal and perfect world. (Note 1) Utopia as an organized concept encourages everybody to investigate the norms of organization and to discover ideal systems through which human lives could be made better
Summary
It is important to show that the dystopian literature emerging in the twentieth century was rooted in a utopian vision that invests in our imagination that seeks to create an ideal and perfect world. (Note 1) Utopia as an organized concept encourages everybody to investigate the norms of organization and to discover ideal systems through which human lives could be made better. It is important to show that the dystopian literature emerging in the twentieth century was rooted in a utopian vision that invests in our imagination that seeks to create an ideal and perfect world. In his Utopia, which means ‘No Place’, shows that utopia is an impractical ideal world as well as a medium to satirize the writer’s society More sets his utopian world on an isolated island, but makes it contemporary with his own time. In the Enlightenment era, humans’ fate was reconsidered and “[man] discovered that reason could enable him to have a happy life, and to reach human perfection” (Vieira 9) In this era, utopian writing emerged in such works as Samuel Butler’s Erewhon and William Morris’ News from Nowhere, and utopia was again a possibility for humanity. For this study, dystopia is a critical genre that makes us aware of human manipulation through technological advances in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
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