Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature

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Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature

2017

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...

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Pamela Bedore
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The Great Courses

In This Series

Utopia: The Perfect Nowhere
Episode 1
Utopia: The Perfect Nowhere
Thomas More and Utopian Origins
Episode 2
Thomas More and Utopian Origins
Swift, Voltaire, and Utopian Satire
Episode 3
Swift, Voltaire, and Utopian Satire
American Dreamers: Hawthorne and Alcott
Episode 4
American Dreamers: Hawthorne and Alcott
Samuel Butler and Utopian Technologies
Episode 5
Samuel Butler and Utopian Technologies
Edward Bellamy and Utopian Activism
Episode 6
Edward Bellamy and Utopian Activism
H.G. Wells and Utopian Science Fiction
Episode 7
H.G. Wells and Utopian Science Fiction
Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Gendered Utopia
Episode 8
Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Gendered Utopia
Yevgeny Zamyatin and Dystopian Uniformity
Episode 9
Yevgeny Zamyatin and Dystopian Uniformity
Aldous Huxley and Dystopian Pleasure
Episode 10
Aldous Huxley and Dystopian Pleasure
George Orwell and Totalitarian Dystopia
Episode 11
George Orwell and Totalitarian Dystopia
John Wyndham and Young Adult Dystopia
Episode 12
John Wyndham and Young Adult Dystopia
Philip K. Dick's Dystopian Crime Prevention
Episode 13
Philip K. Dick's Dystopian Crime Prevention
Anthony Burgess, Free Will, and Dystopia
Episode 14
Anthony Burgess, Free Will, and Dystopia
The Feminist Utopian Movement of the 1970s
Episode 15
The Feminist Utopian Movement of the 1970s
Ursula K. Le Guin and the Ambiguous Utopia
Episode 16
Ursula K. Le Guin and the Ambiguous Utopia
Samuel Delany and Heterotopia
Episode 17
Samuel Delany and Heterotopia
Octavia Butler and the Utopian Alien
Episode 18
Octavia Butler and the Utopian Alien
Octavia Butler and Utopian Hybridity
Episode 19
Octavia Butler and Utopian Hybridity
Margaret Atwood and Environmental Dystopia
Episode 20
Margaret Atwood and Environmental Dystopia
Suzanne Collins and Dystopian Games
Episode 21
Suzanne Collins and Dystopian Games
Cyberpunk Dystopia: Doctorow and Anderson
Episode 22
Cyberpunk Dystopia: Doctorow and Anderson
Apocalyptic Literature in the 21st Century
Episode 23
Apocalyptic Literature in the 21st Century
The Future of Utopian and Dystopian Literature
Episode 24
The Future of Utopian and Dystopian Literature