Dystopia Student Book (Year 11 Advanced Module A)

Dystopia: A Tale of Power and Control Student Book is a comprehensive study of dystopia as a narrative that has shaped, and continues to shape, our world. The study provides students the opportunity for close engagement with the following texts:

• Utopia by Sir Thomas More
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• '2BR02B' by Kurt Vonnegut
• Elysium directed by Neill Blomkamp

Using these focus texts to examine utopia and dystopia as interconnected concepts, students will develop their knowledge of how the narrative of dystopia has come to dominate genres- such as science fiction, speculative fiction, and fantasy- whose primary purpose is to examine and critique social and political structures and the range of human responses to these structures. In doing so, students will deepen their understanding of how the dystopian narrative influences the ways many writers think about their society, revealing a preoccupation with imagining a better world and what it might take to achieve this, even when the vision being shared an horrific one.

This student book is a highly valuable resource for students and teachers of the NSW Stage 6 English Year 11 Advanced Module A: Narratives that Shape our World. It includes:

• Engaging classroom activities to develop skills in analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of texts.
• Texts regarded as quality literature.
• Texts that represent a variety of cultural, social, and gender perspectives.