by rachel seigel dystopian fiction for tweens & teens
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By Rachel Seigel
DYSTOPIAN FICTION FOR TWEENS & TEENS
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WHAT IF?
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What if the world ran out of fresh
water?
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What if you could create the perfect Stepford Teen?
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What if all of the ice caps melted?
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What if a plague wiped out most of the population?
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What if love were a curable disease?
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What if the Government chose who you married?
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What if the world runs out of oil?
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What if we lived in a totalitarian society?
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What if we could be harvested for spare parts?
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WHAT IS UTOPIA?
Coined by Thomas More in 1516 in his book Utopia
Term is a Greek pun on the word “ou-topos” meaning no place and is translated as “Good Place”
Describes any society governed by an ideal socio-political legal system
Refers to any theoretical or fictional community
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WHAT IS DYSTOPIA?
Evolves from the term Utopia, and derives from the ancient Greek meaning “bad place/landscape”
First known use is by John Stewart Mill in a parliamentary speech given in 1868
A dystopia is a flawed Utopia
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A RECENT TIMELINE OF DYSTOPIAN FICTION 1993- The Giver by Lois Lowry
1998- Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (First in the Shadow Children series)
2001-Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
2002- Feed by M.T. Anderson
2003- City of Ember by Jeanne Du’Prau (First in the Books of Ember series)
2005- The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (First in the Uglies series)
And then came……..
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2008 - THE HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY BY SUZANNE COLLINS
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WHY IS THIS GENRE SO POPULAR? Critical Thinking
Appeals to idealism of teens
Mirrors teenage experience
Want to fight for something
Ordinary heroes
Teens have autonomy
Dramatic, action-filled plots
Morally complex
Hopeful
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FEATURES OF DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
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SOCIETY:
Degraded into repressive and controlled state
Social class is strictly defined and enforced
Emphasize a pressure to conform
Old ideas are difficult to shed for older generation
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SOCIAL
Absence of social groups other than state
Independent religion is absent
Society is cut off from the rest of the world
Repressive control systems
Paranoia is prevalent
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POLITICAL
Individual is powerless under Government control
Totalitarian or Authoritarian ruler
View of ruling class/government is pessimistic
Society is a constant state of warfare/violence
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ECONOMIC
Mass poverty
State planned and controlled economy
Big Businesses have control
Black Market for banned/rare items
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FAMILY
Institution of family exists at service of state
One or both parents are eradicated, helpless, absent
Kids function in adult roles at a young age
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ENVIRONMENT
Geography is drastically different
Disaster has devastated large cities
Nature is dangerous and to be avoided
Safety exists inside physical or proverbial wall
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Matched by Ally Condie & Delirium by Lauren Oliver
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INCARCERON & SAPPHIQUE BY CATHERINE FISHER, THE MAZE RUNNER & THE SCORCH TRIALS BY JAMES DASHNER
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THE DECLARATION, THE RESISTANCE, LEGACY BY GEMMA MALLEY, BIRTHMARKED BY CARAGH O’BRIEN
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THE WATER WARS BY CAMERON STRACHER, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND BY ALLEGRA GOODMAN, SHIBREAKER BY PAOLO BACIGALUPI
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UNWIND BY NEIL SHUSTERMAN & CANDOR BY PAM BACHROZ
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EPITAPH ROAD BY DAVID PATENAUDETHE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO, THE ASK AND THE ANSWER, MONSTERS OF MEN BY PATRICK NESS
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ROT & RUIN BY JONATHAN MABERRY, THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH, THE DEAD-TOSSED WAVES BY CARRIE RYAN
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WITCH & WIZARD, WITCH & WIZARD: THE GIFT BY JAMES PATTERSON
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“You want the world to be full of good and evil. But it’s only shades of grey. This world is full of saints who perform unspeakable acts, and monsters who try to do good”
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