
Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature
Thomas More and Utopian Origins
Educational · 3 Feb 2017 · 32 min Prime Video
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S1, E2: Take a step back and learn about the origins of the utopian genre, beginning with Thomas More's Utopia of 1516. More's foundational work gave us the word "utopia," but did it create the genre? Explore the elements of the story to see how it set conventions for later works but also critiqued the very idea of utopia in the process.
Educational · 3 Feb 2017 · 32 min