This course will become read-only in the near future. Tell us at community.p2pu.org if that is a problem.
Who is the challenge for? Dystopian fiction is for people who want to engage themselves in thinking, and challenge the society that they live in.
What are they going to be doing? Reading Orwell, Huxley, Anthem, and watching the TV show The Prisoner while engaging in thoughtful conversation with others on these topics.
How are they going to be doing it? Hopefully, on an online bulletin board.
Why are they doing it? People want to think. This class should raise more questions than answers, but that is the world. Questioning makes us human and free.
This is a great place to start because it is a short piece.
The text, with notes, can be accessed here:
http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/texts/anthem/complete.html
We need to focus on the major themes and the entire concept as to WHY events are going on in the novel. We will start with a discussion and then move from there with short writing pieces on topics that everyone will respond to.
