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Great utopian and dystopian works of literature [electronic resource].
Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature plunges you into the history and development of utopian ideas and their dystopian counterparts. You'll encounter some of the most powerful and influential texts in this genre as you travel centuries into the past and thousands of years into the future, through worlds that are beautiful, laughable, terrifying, and always thought-provoking.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (24 video files (approximately 720 min.)) : sd., col.
- Publisher: [United States] : The Great Courses, 2017.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Episode 1 Utopia Episode 2 Thomas More and Utopian Origins Episode 3 Swift, Voltaire, and Utopian Satire Episode 4 American Dreamers Episode 5 Samuel Butler and Utopian Technologies Episode 6 Edward Bellamy and Utopian Activism Episode 7 H.G. Wells and Utopian Science Fiction Episode 8 Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Gendered Utopia Episode 9 Yevgeny Zamyatin and Dystopian Uniformity Episode 10 Aldous Huxley and Dystopian Pleasure Episode 11 George Orwell and Totalitarian Dystopia Episode 12 John Wyndham and Young Adult Dystopia Episode 13 Philip K. Dick's Dystopian Crime Prevention Episode 14 Anthony Burgess, Free Will, and Dystopia Episode 15 The Feminist Utopian Movement of the 1970s Episode 16 Ursula K. Le Guin and the Ambiguous Utopia Episode 17 Samuel Delany and Heterotopia Episode 18 Octavia Butler and the Utopian Alien Episode 19 Octavia Butler and Utopian Hybridity Episode 20 Margaret Atwood and Environmental Dystopia Episode 21 Suzanne Collins and Dystopian Games Episode 22 Cyberpunk Dystopia Episode 23 Apocalyptic Literature in the 21st Century Episode 24 The Future of Utopia and Dystopia. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Professor Pamela Bedore, lecturer. |
| Target Audience Note: | Rated TVPG. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject: | Dystopias in literature. Utopias in literature. |
