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Dystopia : Economics Topics
27 words, approx. 1 pages A disagreeable state, the opposite of a UTOPIA. It is likely to have low incomes, high crime and other social problems, and few economic...
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Dystopia Information
4,395 words, approx. 15 pages
 A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος, alternatively, cacotopia,[1] kakotopia or anti-utopia) is a fictional society that is the antithesis of utopia. A dystopic society is characterised by negative traits the author chooses to illustrate,...




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 AP News
Pay what you want for new Radiohead
10/2/2007: 661 words, approx. 2 pages Radiohead is thinking about the future again.Ten years ago, the British band released their landmark album "OK Computer," a masterpiece hailed as visionary for its forecast of a soul-crushing computerized dystopia.Sounds a little like today's music industry.On Monday, Radiohead sent shockwaves through the music biz...
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 The New York Observer
Moody\'d5s Three Novellas Are Topical, But Don\'d5t Add Up
6/5/2007: 744 words, approx. 3 pages Right Livelihoods: Three NovellasBy Rick MoodyLittle, Brown, 223 pages, $23.99 Rick Moodyâs fiction has always had a strong topical streak: Heâs as concerned with particular aspects of contemporary American societyâthe barrenness of mass consumerism, say, or the tragically limited economic and aesthetic scope of the...
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 The New York Observer
Petlin\'d5s Ambiguous Agitprop Pushes Dialogue, Not Dogma
5/28/2006: 990 words, approx. 3 pages The centerpiece of Irving Petlin’s exhibition of paintings and drawings at Kent Gallery is The Entry of Christ into Washington (2005), a tripartite canvas of about five by 12 feet. It’s an homage, of sorts, to Belgian painter James Ensor’s Christ’s Entry into Brussels in...
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 The New York Observer
Petlin's Ambiguous Agitprop Pushes Dialogue, Not Dogma
5/28/2006: 990 words, approx. 3 pages The centerpiece of Irving Petlin’s exhibition of paintings and drawings at Kent Gallery is The Entry of Christ into Washington (2005), a tripartite canvas of about five by 12 feet. It’s an homage, of sorts, to Belgian painter James Ensor’s Christ’s Entry into Brussels in...




Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by John Huntington
14,667 words, approx. 49 pages
 In the following essay, Huntington traces H. G. Wells's work within the dystopian genre, arguing that Wells had a profound influence on later dystopian authors such as Ray Bradbury, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, and Yevgeny Zamyatin.
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Critical Essay by Renata Galtseva and Irina Rodnyanskaya
11,107 words, approx. 37 pages
 In the following essay, Galtseva and Rodnyanskaya discuss the role of the human being in the works of several modern dystopian authors, arguing that the individual always retains inner freedom even in the most regimented futuristic societies.
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Critical Essay by M. Keith Booker
9,483 words, approx. 32 pages
 In the following essay, Booker presents an overview of contemporary African dystopian fiction, focusing on the African writers's customization of the genre to reflect their native and postcolonial experiences.


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