ENGL 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Utopia, Totalitarianism
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Does more want us to think about utopia in a straight-forward way. Utopia = greek: u = no, topia = place and eutopia = happy place. A lot of recent sci- must be credited to more"s creation of utopia. Dystopia: how do we organize our citizens in a way that will make them truly happy. Utopia: a society that is just and fair and happy, is good for all people. More"s society: communist, abolishes private property (columbian society 21-st century) Hythloday: name that more invents, can be translated as spoken with nonsense . Raphael: in the bible, hebrew for god has healed . Angel = messenger: raphael is a messenger about utopia, europe may try to heal itself by becoming more like utopia. Raphael doesn"t seem himself as a messenger: does consider/turns his back on those roles. Humanists: emphasized the importance of greek and roman literature, if you study it you can become a master of language.
