Dystopia timeline for part A

What happened in 1516?

Thomas Moore ‘Utopia’

What happened in 1859? and Brief summery

Charles Darwin 'On the Origin of Species'. Evolution through natural selection so influenced dystopia about survival of the fittest and perfect societies

What did socialism rise?

1880’s

When ad who wrote ‘The time machine’ Brief summary

H.G Wells 1895

society where suffering is replaced by beauty and there is a strict class division

Who when and where was socialism adopted? What did this influence?

Bolshevik revolution 1917 where Russia adopted socialism

sparked fears about collectivism and totalitarianism

Who adopted fascism when did it happen and what did it influence

1922 Mussolini in Italy

Fears of authoritarianism and strong state control over society and the economy traditional forms of dictatorship where he wanted full control of the people

Who and when was Brave New World written? Brief summary

1932 by Huxley

It was a critique of control consumerism and loss of individuality

When was Hitlers rise to power?

1934

When was the Great purge? Who created it? Brief summary

Stalin in 1936-1938

lead to paranoia, executions and a secret police

What were the secret police called in the great purges?

NKVD

When was world War 2?

1939-1945

What book was a huge influence on 1984? Who wrote it and brief summary about it

1940 Koestler’s ‘Darkness at noon’ showed a totalitarian regime which reflected themes of anti-Stalinism and political disillusionment

When was Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

1945 USA dropped bombs resulting in the death of around 200,000 people

When was the Cold War?

1947-1991

Who wrote Fahrenheit 451? When? Brief summary

Ray Bradbury 1953- linked with totalitarian government control of information and censorship inspired by WW2

Who and When was the Chrysalides written?

1955 John Wyndham- post apocalyptic world due to nuclear war resulting in genetic mutations

Reflected fears of the nuclear wars

Who and when was Clockwork Orange written? Brief summary

Ultraviolence linked with totalitarianism brainwashing and state control

Who and when was the drowned world written?

Ballad in 1962

Who wrote the dystopia about overpopulation? When? What was it called?

Make room! Make room! Harry Harrison 1966 overpopulation of 7 billion

When was the children of men written? Who by? Brief summary

P.D James 1992 set in 2025 where no children had been born for 25 years and human race faces extinction