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Direct linkde Oliveira Moraes, Isabelle; Aires, Rafaela Magalhães; de Souza Góes, Andréa Carla – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
Big Brother, newspeak, doublethink, vapourised people and thought police became worldwide famous expressions. 1984 novel portrays a nightmare society controlled by information manipulation and by suppression of both history and science. This study aimed to investigate the impact of using the 1984 dystopian novel associated with socio-scientific…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Novels
Peer reviewedDrake, Phyllis – English Journal, 1970
Compares selected aspects of Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey" with Homer's The Odyssey." (SW)
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Comparative Analysis, English Instruction, Epics
Peer reviewedDunn, Thomas P.; Erlich, Richard D. – Journal of General Education, 1981
Uses the metaphor of the beehive as a well-ordered, each-in-his-own-niche society to represent the outcome of utopian thinking. Cites twentieth-century dystopia films and literature as explicit criticisms of overreliance on planning and technology. Examines "Star Wars,""Clockwork Orange," and the works of Huxley, Forster,…
Descriptors: Automation, Fantasy, Films, Futures (of Society)
