typst/schule/englisch/EN_2024-11-21.typ

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#import "@preview/grape-suite:1.0.0": exercise
#import exercise: project
#set text(lang: "en")
#show: project.with(
title: [Start of Dystopia],
seminar: [Englisch Q2],
show-outline: true,
author: "Erik Grobecker",
date: datetime(day: 21, month: 11, year: 2024),
show-solutions: false,
)
#show "=>": sym.arrow.double
#show "->": sym.arrow
= Dystopian world in "I am legend"?
- lone survivor of zombie apocalypse
- humanity has been eradicated by a pandemic turning them into zombie-like creatures (human exctinction)
- desolate cityscape, atmosphere of destruction (streets, bridges ...)
== How does Dystopian fiction represent fears and concerns of the real world?
Example: "The Circle"
In the Dystopia of "the Cur"
== Characteristics of Dystopia fiction
- opressive governments or opression from any source
- differentiation of people in classes (or "casten" #footnote[like in _Brave New World_]) <fn-bnw>
- futuristic technology being used as a means of opression
- control over information by a third-party (governments/corporations)
- being forced into a specific mindset without having the means to break out (like in _1984_)
- indirect criticism of technology or cultural norms
- and of the idea of a "perfect society"
- systematic extermination of sub-groups/-cultures (like in the "3. Reich")