Dystopia Fiction: introduction

A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions.

A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through totalitarian control.

Talking about dystopias

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Examples of dystopian fiction

Literature

• Brave New World (1932), by Aldous Huxley
  

• 1984 (1949), by George Orwell

• A Handmaid's Tale (1985), by Margaret Atwood

• The Giver (1993),Lois Lowry
  

• The Hunger Games (2001)by Susan Collins

Films

• I-robot (2004)
• Wall E (2008)
• District 9 (2009)
• The Giver (2014)

TV Series

• Black Mirror (2011-2014)
• The 100 (2014)
• The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
  

In the 20th century, the feeling of anxiety, horror and insecurity which was the result of two world wars and the dissolution of the British Empire, led to a rise in dystopian fiction.