Postmodernism 1965-today

Question 1

Algemeen

Answer 1

• start asking questions about our culture, what it stands for and strives for
• distrust authority; nothing is taken for granted anymore
• rebellious approach to life
• all about embracing disorder and taking a more playful approach

Question 2

Dystopian literature

Answer 2

• a genre that explores social and political structures
• dystopia is a genre that is quite often used to describe a place that appears perfect on the surface, but is bad underneath

Question 3

Types of dystopian controls

Answer 3

• corporate control
• bureaucratic control
• technological control
• philosophical / religious control

Question 4

Corporate control

Answer 4

One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising and/or the media

Question 5

Bureaucratic control

Answer 5

Society is controlled through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials

Question 6

Technological control

Answer 6

Society is controlled by technology through computers, robots and / or scientific means

Question 7

Religious control

Answer 7

Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government