dystopian novel

Slovak translation: dystopický román

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English term or phrase:dystopian novel
Slovak translation:dystopický román

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13:58 Feb 18, 2010
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English term or phrase: dystopian novel
Definition from Robert Harris - VirtualSalt:
An anti-utopian novel where, instead of a paradise, everything has gone wrong in the attempt to create a perfect society. See utopian novel. Examples: * George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four * Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

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  • Written by Stephen King under the penname of Richard Bachman, “The Running Man” is a fantastic dystopian novel about a frightening future where ratings and entertainment takes form in a man hunt, and where even the “winners” are losers. Jamie Frater
  • Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange" is one of the most artfully crafted dystopian novels ever penned, rivaled only by Jack Womack's "Random Acts of Senseless Violence." Mac Tonnies
  • In every dystopian novel, the individual is of little, if any consequence, the desire being for uniformity within society. BBC
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dystopický román
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"Dystopie (jako protiklad utopie) ukazuje společnost, jejíž občané jsou neskrývaně utlačováni politickým systémem. Dystopický román se tak pohybuje na pomezí společenské fikce a nelichotivého zrcadla nastaveného společenskému vývoji."
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Definition from Socioweb:
"Dystopie (jako protiklad utopie) ukazuje společnost, jejíž občané jsou neskrývaně utlačováni politickým systémem. Dystopický román se tak pohybuje na pomezí společenské fikce a nelichotivého zrcadla nastaveného společenskému vývoji."

Example sentence(s):
  • Jersilda je dystopický román o mladom, nevinnom chlapcovi ako, Hucklebbery Finn, ktorý cestuje po svete, zničenom výbuchom atómovej vojny, a snaží sa vytvoriť si pre seba priestor plný lásky a bezpečia. - Eurozine  
  • Jeho prvé diela odzrkadlovali jeho záujem o enviromentálne témy a nenásilné riešenia konfliktov. Z jeho diel sú najznámejšie série kníh The Stainless Steel Rat (čes. Ocelová krysa) a Bill, the Galactic Hero (čes. Bill, galaktický hrdina). Známy je aj jeho dystopický román Make Room! Make Room! - Wikipedia Harry Harrison  
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Yes  janajaku: antiutopický dystopický román, napr.od GH Wellsa Ostrov doktora Moreau
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