Dystopian (adjective)
Relating to or denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice.Oxford Living Dictionary [https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/dystopian]
Gulliver’s Travels
Johnathan Swift (1726, Ireland)
Theme: economic disparity, class society
Historical context: The Irish were suffering from the economic policy which was imposed by the U.K..
The Time Machine
H.G.Well (1895, U.K.)
Theme: class society, the evolution
Historical context: During the time of Victorian, the growth of technique was enormous, since the Industrial Revolution happened.
The Iron Heel
Jack London (1908, U.S.)
Theme: corpocracy (corporation and bueraucracy), class society, economic disparity, controled society, information control, puge of the opposition, terrorism
Historical Content: “The Communist Manifesto” by Karl Marks and Friedrich Engles spread at that time.
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley (1932, U.K.)
Theme: controlled society, totalitarianism, drug abuse, gene manipulation, obscuranist policy
Historical Content: Since the Great Depression happened in 1931, people were demanding for stability.
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Yergeny Zamyatin (1921, Russia)
Theme: controlled society, national identification of number, totalitarianism, controls of free speech, purge of the opposition, selection of life
Historical Content: Since the author experienced the restriction by the government twice, the novel is ridiculing the totalitarianism of Soviet. Because of that, it was published in America, 1924.
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