Utopia/Dystopia by Nicolas https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4 Classe de 1ere LLCER en-us 2021-02-21 09:31:16 UTC 2025-11-19 11:46:22 UTC hello@padlet.com Utopia definition NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1222943898 Utopia: A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions. ]]> 2021-02-21 09:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1222943898 Dytopia definition NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1222944220 Dystopia: A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. 
Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system. 
]]> 2021-02-21 09:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1222944220 Uchronia definition NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1225844818 The term uchronia refers to a hypothetical or fictional time period of our world, in contrast to altogether-fictional lands or worlds. The concept is similar to alternate history, but uchronic times are not easily defined but are placed mainly in some distant or unspecified point before current times, and they are sometimes reminiscent of a constructed world. Some, however, use uchronia to refer to an alternate history.

The word is a neologism from the word utopia (Greek u-topos, meaning "no-place"), replacing topos with chronos (time). It was coined by Charles Renouvier as the title of his 1876 novel Uchronie (L'Utopie dans l'histoire), esquisse historique apocryphe du développement de la civilisation européenne tel qu'il n'a pas été, tel qu'il aurait pu être (Uchronia (Utopia in History), an Apocryphal Sketch of the Development of European Civilization Not as It Was But as It Might Have Been).

]]> 2021-02-22 11:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1225844818 Utopia, the Novel NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1225981061 Written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More during the reign of Henry VIII of England.
The word “Utopia” can be translated from the Greek as “Good Place” or “No Place,” depending on which Greek letters are used. This ambiguity was intentional on More’s part.
Utopia is social commentary, meant to contrast Tudor England under Henry VIII with the society of the Utopians.
Social commentary was much more dangerous in Tudor England than it is today. This is one reason why More “frames” the narrative as a story he heard from a sailor he met who had supposedly visited Utopia.
]]> 2021-02-22 11:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1225981061 Utopia, the Novel NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1225985960 It is generally agreed that More did not mean to describe a “perfect” society in Utopia, but to use the “strange” traditions of the Utopians to spark discussion and criticism of real contemporary problems.More may not have meant to depict an ideal society; however, over the years the word “utopia” without the capital letter has come to mean “a perfect society” with an added connotation suggesting that such a society is unrealistic.]]> 2021-02-22 11:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1225985960 Greek origins of the words NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1225991107 The terms “utopia” and “dystopia” are antonyms with Greek roots
“-topia” is a suffix meaning “place”
“Eu” is a prefix meaning “good”
“Dys” is a prefix meaning “bad”
]]> 2021-02-22 11:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1225991107 Characteristics of a Dystopian Society NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1225999120 1.Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society. 

2.Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted. 

3.A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society. 

4.Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. 

5.Citizens have a fear of the outside world. 

6. Citizens live in a dehumanized state. 

7. The natural world is banished and distrusted. 

8. Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad. 

9. The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.
]]> 2021-02-22 11:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1225999120 Example of a famous case of dystopian movie : Blade Runner NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226007620 2021-02-22 12:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226007620 The Beauty of Blade Runner NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226012330 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptKGSp4YpUs&ab_channel=TheBeautyOf]]> 2021-02-22 12:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226012330 NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226015637 2021-02-22 12:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226015637 Other examples of dystopian movies NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226017128 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heAVOA8iyCw&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=WatchMojo.com]]> 2021-02-22 12:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226017128 The Story Behind The Blade Runner Screenplay NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226022007 2021-02-22 12:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226022007 4 Types of Dystopian Control NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226026064 Most dystopian works present a world in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through one or more of the following types of controls: 

1) Corporate control: One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media. Examples include Minority Report and Running Man. 

2) Bureaucratic control: Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials. Example in literature: 1984.

3) Technological control: Society is controlled by technology—through computers, robots, and/or scientific means. Examples include The Matrix, The Terminator, and I, Robot. 

4) Philosophical/religious control: Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.  Example V for Vendetta, The Handmaid’s Tale, and BioShock: Infinite (video game).


]]> 2021-02-22 12:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226026064 The Dystopian Protagonist NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226028621
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Nz6us7DUA&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=TheG2C

Often feels trapped and is struggling to escape. 

Questions the existing social and political systems. 

Believes or feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which he or she lives. 

Helps the audience recognizes the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective.
]]> 2021-02-22 12:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1226028621 What pushed the writers to wrote such novels ? NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1228145452 The twentieth century was an age of anxiety and disappointment and saw a range of devastative phenomena such as: not one but two world wars, a worldwide depression, totalitarian dictators like Hitler and Stalin, the Holocaust, the creation of the nuclear weapons, and the Cold War. These events and more were a starting point for the emergence of dystopian works. ]]> 2021-02-22 18:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1228145452 1984 NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1228378074 2021-02-22 19:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1228378074 Brave new world NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1228378413 2021-02-22 19:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1228378413 Documentaire ARTE à voir. NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1228385145 https://video.latavernedejohnjohn.fr/videos/watch/69499c64-8ec1-41f9-ba56-c170e9349d0d]]> 2021-02-22 19:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1228385145 Examples of dystopian movies NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1228393471 https://anikaheinemann.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/cinematic-overview/]]> 2021-02-22 19:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1228393471 George Orwell NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1240477828 2021-02-25 11:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1240477828 Aldous Huxley NicolasGiamalis https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1240479434 2021-02-25 11:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/NicolasGiamalis/dsbyk5wkoi7d85j4/wish/1240479434