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Demonstrate understanding of a relationship between a media genre and society

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DYSTOPIAN fiction is a sub-genre of Sci-fi.  Here is Margaret ( novelist) Atwood talking. ( Note a new Atwood book is out)

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Assessment for level 3 is DYSTOPIA See Thriller intro here at level 2 http://newmedia-middlesenior.wikispaces.com/Thrillers

more on Dystopia study here) Try this Japanese film Ghost in the Shell http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113568/ note. Genre appeal. Bladerunner

Read about the craze for HUNGER GAMES http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9143409/The-Hunger-Games-and-the-teenage-craze-for-dystopian-fiction.html

See the newly arrived Korean film based on an adaptation of an eighties French graphic novel.

SNOWPIERCER Mason .The Segregator in Snowpiercer

But apart from just employing this sort of humor (which is quite uncharacteristic to a post-apocalyptic, big-budget film but works wonderfully), Joon-ho Bong also disorients the average lover of the genre by leaving a few things unsettled, be it the motivation of a character for killing both members of the tail-front and of the front-front, or a teenager’s ability to see through walls. However, it is less the story (co-written by Joon-ho Bong with Kelly Masterson) and more the introducing of doubtable morality and the unveiling of the colors, textures and even odors of this micro-world that provides the audience with a reason to keep its eyes glued to the screen. Bad guys do not remain bad guys, good guys do not remain good guys and neither do they simply reverse roles. Viewers are treated to characters which seem to be pure evil without a reason, characters which appear to be of good heart and remain so until the end, and characters which do evil while following a noble purpose. And either by emphasizing the gelatinous texture of the black protein bar that constitutes the single nourishment of the tail section inhabitants, by depriving the scenes taking place there of sufficient lightning or color or by letting large chunks of scenes revolve around the desirability of cigarettes and drugs, Joon-ho Bong provokes the audience with strong physical sensations that provide an immersive feel for this unforgiving world. ---

IN OTHER WORLDS

Dystopia was a concern to 20th Century writers as so much of the 20th Century was ideologically driven. When things went wrong they went wrong in a big way. You may hear The Ghost in the Machine alluded to. The philosopher, Arthur Koestler wrote a book using this title. It is a treatise on the biological impulses of humans. One of Koestler's discussion is about the possible need for medicine to regulate our worst human impulses.

War is a ritual, a deadly ritual, not the result of aggressive self-assertion, but of self-transcending identification. Without loyalty to tribe, church, flag or ideal, there would be no wars; and loyalty is a noble thing.�

 Solzhenitsyn ( famous Russian, raised under Communism, writer) wrote:

Ideology�that is what gives evildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination. That is the social theory which helps to make his acts seem good instead of bad in his own and others� eyes, so that he won�t hear reproaches and curses but will receive praise and honors.... Thanks to ideology, the twentieth century was fated to experience evildoing on a scale calculated in the millions. more links below

Here is an update on Margaret Atwood. She has just completed part three of a trilogy of Dystopian novels

Crake has designed his new breed of children without the capacity for guile, jealousy or acquisitiveness.

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Dystopia part 2 Here is a reference to 1984 used by early Apple Advertising

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We ask ourselves about our fears

How is fear in society generated? How do Dystopian literatures(and films) differ from Science Fictions? Did Sci- Fi Fiction get a bad wrap one time? Is this why a new genre emerged?

in German culture the big Dystopian myth the story of FAUSTUS



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Christopher Marlowe Poet,playright. home genreSpeculative Fiction - DYSTOPIAS

Dystopian literature has underlying cautionary tones, warning society that if we continue to live how we do, this will be the consequences. A dystopia is, this, regarded as a sort of negative utopia.

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or the genre of speculation - it derives out of yet is a distinction from historical fictions This is a tough genre for it touches upon stories of moral decrepitude first painted in pre-modern literatures in the reigns of authoritarianism.Made classics in the 20th C after the collapse of Stalinism and the increased hegemony of American imperialism, Modern British( European ) writers started the wave.True dystopian literatures develops the protagonist who asks questions. Late 2oth C comics &computer games often make use of Dystopian worlds.Films cultivate dramatic personae still with the protagonists sitting as everyman

In non-fiction philosophy and psychology touches upon the dilemma of homo sapien and the needs to think about chemicals to regulate the brain and emotion. Ideas about chemical drugs for society are discussed by Koestler See The Ghost in the Machine

Faust: a literary root

Adjective Latin

 * faustus** //m// (//feminine// ** [|fausta] **, //neuter// ** [|faustum] **); // [|first] / [|second declension] //


 * 1) [|favorable], [|fortunate] , [|auspicious] , [|prosperous] , [|lucky]

** Descendants **

 * Italian: [|fausto]
 * Portuguese: [|fausto]
 * Spanish: [|fausto]


 * Faust** or ** [|Faustus] ** ( [|Latin] for "auspicious" or "lucky") is the [|protagonist] of a classic [|German legend] . Though a highly successful [|scholar], he is unsatisfied, and makes a [|deal with the devil] , exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Faust's tale is the basis for [|many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical works] . The meaning of the word and name has been reinterpreted through the ages. //Faust//, and the adjective //**Faustian**//, are often used to describe an arrangement in which an ambitious person surrenders [|moral] [|integrity] in order to achieve power and success: the [|proverbial] " [|deal with the devil] ." The terms can also refer to an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. [|[1] ]

The Faust of early books—as well as the [|ballads], [|dramas] and [|puppet-plays] which grew out of them—is irrevocably [|damned] because he prefers human to divine knowledge; "he laid the [|Holy Scriptures] behind the door and under the bench, refused to be called doctor of [|Theology] , but preferred to be styled [|doctor of Medicine] ." [|[2] ]

Plays and comic puppet theatre loosely based on this legend were popular throughout Germany in the 16th century, often reducing Faust to a figure of vulgar fun. The story was popularised in [|England] by [|Christopher Marlowe], who gave it a classic treatment in his play, // [|The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus] //. In [|Goethe's reworking of the story] 200 years later, Faust becomes a dissatisfied intellectual who yearns for "more than earthly meat and drink".[// [|citation needed] //]

Look for emotion in your selected film protagonists

http://www.stevedewey.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/essays/brit_sf_dystopias.htm


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//**Nineteen Eighty-Four**// is a novel by [|George Orwell] published in 1949. It is a [|dystopian] and [|satirical] novel set in Oceania, where society is tyrannized by [|The Party] and its totalitarian ideology The protagonist in 1984, is Winston.

George Orwell contemporized these themes in modern fiction by making use of the setting of Stalinism, post World War 11. ( See larger images below )

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Ask your teacher about Arthur Koestler if you are making reference to Huxley's

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The Ghost in the Machine is referenced in BRAZIL In one of his writings, The Ghost in the Machine, the Philosopher Koestler examined the notion that the parts of the human brain-structure which account for reason and emotion are not fully coordinated. This kind of deficiency may explain the paranoia, violence, and insanity that are central parts of human history, according to Koestler's challenging analysis of the human predicament. ( look up shema on the way the mind works on the defined spectrum of neurosis to psychosis. Ask, is a tyrant psychotic?)

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_in_the_Machine

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In [|__//Nineteen Eighty-Four//__], by George Orwell,for example, the [|__Inner Party__] , the upper class of society, also has a standard of living lower than the upper classes of today.[ [|__//citation needed//__] ]

In contrast to Nineteen Eighty-Four, in [|__//Brave New World//__] and [|__//Equilibrium//__], people enjoy much higher material living standards in exchange for the loss of other qualities in their lives, such as independent thought and emotional depth.[ [|__//citation needed//__] ]

Chistopher Marlow. English poet and playwright. He wrote a Faustus play. ( see below)

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">http://www.rambles.net/atwood_handmaid.html || home genre Dystopian fictions have protagonists. Modern British literature starts with George Orwell who wrote Ninteen Eightyfour to his peers.When we view an earlier literary form, or art form, for that matter, we need to strive to perceive the perceptions of these creators in the contexts of their times. Without contexts, the idea of cautionary tale misses readers almost entirely, particularly later young students. 1984 is a case in point. A reviewer of 1984, Roger Ebert, wrote in 1985 about the film by Michael Radford. In their reading of the novel as a cautionary tale, Americans thirty years after early 20th Century, completely miss Orwell's sketching of collectivist oligarchies. Transposing such political/economic events of the early 20th Century to current day reading, where, yes, chocolate and human contact were,then, thwarted desires, themes such as Newspeak may echo contemporary politics through phrases such as " War on Terror". And, the assertion of humanness is a cry now in the patterns we all live under with the structured reality of Disaster Capitalism. ( See Naomi Klein ) ||

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">The protagonist in Farenheit 451 is Montag.

think about what it is to be a feeling human Montag the fireman. Farenheit 451

<span style="color: #f83535; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Farenheit 451 <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;">In a future totalitarian and oppressive society, where books are forbidden, Guy Montag (Oskar Werner) is a fireman. The mission of firemen in this society with fireproof houses is to burn books at 451o F, the temperature of combustion of paper. Montag is married with Linda (Julie Christie), a futile woman that joins "The Family" through the interactive television. When Montag meets Clarisse (Julie Christie, in a double role), she questions him if he has never read a book, and Montag become curious. He decides to steal and read a book, twisting his view of life. Other topics: Think about issues such as surveillance, reproduction, power elites []

See a new Russian film FAUST http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4zLlLfYGmU Read more about FAUST on

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Think about the enduring themes in these literatures and how they are brought into contemporary contexts. Why is this? For example, Dumas and Marlow ( 18th and 16th Century European writers), make powerful links to power and abuse of power in political circles.

Orwell contemporized these themes in modern fiction by making use of the setting of Stalinism, post World War 11. V for Vendetta was adapted from the Alan Moore comic __and__ used Faust's quotes. (Faust is a significant German legendary fictional character)

playwrite Christopher Marlowe was born in 1564, the year of William Shakespeare's birth. His father worked in Canterbury, England, as a cobbler, and Christopher was one of many children to be born into their middle-class household. Marlowe wrote an ambitious play called The Tragical History of Dr Faustu || === ** Adjective Latin ** ===
 * Christopher Marlowe -
 * faustus** //m// (//feminine// ** [|fausta] **, //neuter// ** [|faustum] **); // [|first] / [|second declension] //


 * 1) [|favorable], [|fortunate] , [|auspicious] , [|prosperous] , [|lucky]

** Descendants **
FAUST
 * Italian: [|fausto]
 * Portuguese: [|fausto]
 * Spanish: [|fausto] ||  ||
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A painting of Dr Faustus by Rembrandt || home genre



Gothe's Dr Faustus illustrated. ||.

<span style="color: #ef7c4d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> excerpt: <span style="color: #ef7c4d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Faust. Unless you feel, naught will you ever gain; <span style="color: #ef7c4d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Unless this feeling pours forth from your soul <span style="color: #ef7c4d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> With native, pleasing vigour to control <span style="color: #ef7c4d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> The hearts of all your hearers, it will be in vain.

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Winstone as a boy in 1984 <span style="color: #cdacac; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 53px;">1984 passing the note 1984
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by David Lloyd//**The Handmaid's Tale**// is a [|dys][|topian] [|novel], a work of [|science fiction] or [|speculative fiction] , [|[1]

Brave New World is a [|novel] by [|Aldous Huxley], written in 1931 and published in 1932. Set in London of AD 2540 (632 A.F. in the book), the novel anticipates developments in [|reproductive technology] and [|sleep-learning] that combine to change society. The future society is an embodiment of the ideals that form the basis of [|futurism]. Huxley answered this book with a reassessment in an essay, [|Brave New World Revisited] (1958), and with his final work, a novel titled [|Island] (1962), both summarized below.

In 1999, the [|Modern Library] ranked Brave New World fifth on its list of the [|100 best English-language novels of the 20th century]. [|[1] (ref >wikipediGeorge Orwell. Author 1984

Dystopia Part 2

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