11th November 2008 notes and discussions - II Sem FEP

Frameworks chosen- Industrialisation, Patriarchal States, and their Discontents
Novel being discussed- Animal Farm by George Orwell
Points discussed :-

1. Republic- Ideal state that Plato wants to construct
2. 15th century-Thomas More's book Utopia- contains notions of an ideal state
3. Utopias are the flipside of society.Utopias are constructed and the reverse happens.
4. 20th century- Animal Farm- an example of Dystopia.
5. Dystopias do not engage in poetic justice.
6. The concept of Poetic Justice

Referance:-

Pinto,Anil.Class Lecture.Animal Farm.Owell,George.Christ University,Bangalore,India. 11 Dec 2008