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13:54 Feb 18, 2010
English to Hungarian translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature Additional field(s): Cinema, Film, TV, Drama, Linguistics
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
Example sentence(s):
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
Definition from Wikipedia: A disztópia vagy antiutópia egy társadalom víziója, mely ellentétes az utópiával, egy negatív jövőkép.
Example sentence(s):
A kisregény egy antiutópikus társadalomban játszódik, ahol a hivatalos szórakoztatóeszközökön, a televízió különböző mutációin kívül minden médium be van tiltva. - Filmvilág-cikk
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