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Literature as Resistance: Recognizing, Unmasking and Countering Totalitarian Tendencies
Discover Power in Words: Uncover, Analyze, and Challenge Through Literature
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Literature as Resistance: Recognizing, Unmasking and Countering Totalitarian Tendencies
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Literature as Resistance: Recognizing, Unmasking, and Countering Totalitarian Tendencies
Course Description:
Unravel the Mysteries of Power in Literature: A Deep Dive into Dystopian Worlds
Weekly Interactive Sessions: First Class Sept. 23, 2025 for dynamic and engaging classes.
In-Depth Analysis: Discover how literature reveals and contemplates totalitarian trends, exploring themes like technocracy, scientific dictatorship, narrative control, and how certain technological innovations such as AI could be used to increase societal control measures.
Rich Literary Exploration: Study classics like George Orwell's 1984, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, and Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We alongside contemporary non-fiction such as David A. Hughes’s “Covid-19,” Psychological Operations, and the War for Technocracy and other relevant, supplemental material.
Critical Discussions: Engage in rich dialogues about the historical development of dystopian literature and its relevance to modern conditions.
Practical Applications: Learn to identify and challenge technocratic controls in current scenarios, drawing parallels from the literature to develop ideas for retaining personal sovereignty and integrity.
Comprehensive Study: Understand literary devices and themes used by authors to construct narratives and convey profound messages.
Throughout the course, students will use the literary texts to examine themes within technocratic/dictatorial systems such as:
- Control of information to influence behavior
- Elevation of knowledge, science, technology, and scientific class
- Promotion of materialist paradigm
- Separation of man from God or the Transcendent
- Atomization of individuals and assimilation into societal mass
- Resistance to influence from systems of control
Enroll now to transform your understanding of literature and its power to reflect and challenge societal norms!
Lesson 1:
o Introductions
o Define terms: dystopia, technocracy, scientific dictatorship, etc.
o Discuss historical development & emergence of dystopian literature as genre
Lesson 2:
o Recognize Elements of Plot in Literature
o Recognize Literary Devices
Lesson 3:
o Understand historical examples of technocracies & scientific dictatorships
o Recognize recent and modern forms of technocratic control
Lesson 4:
o Discuss Section One of 1984, relevant plot development, literary themes, and applications & insights
Lesson 5:
o Discuss Section Two of 1984, relevant plot development, literary themes, and applications & insights
Lesson 6:
o Discuss Section Three of 1984, relevant plot development, literary themes, and applications & insights
o Conduct summation of entire work and its relevant insights
Lesson 7:
o Discuss Chapters 1-5 of Brave New World, relevant plot development, literary themes, and applications & insights
Lesson 8:
o Discuss Chapters 6-11 of Brave New World, relevant plot development, literary themes, and applications & insights
Lesson 9:
o Discuss Chapters 12-18 of Brave New World, relevant plot development, literary themes, and applications & insights
o Conduct summation of entire work and its relevant insights
o Compare and contrast Huxley’s dystopian vision and insights with Orwell’s.
Lesson 10:
o Discuss essay: “Brave New World, Plato’s Republic, and Our Scientific Regime.”
Lesson 11:
o Discuss Part 1 of Fahrenheit 451, relevant plot development, literary themes, and applications & insights
Lesson 12:
o Discuss Part 2 of Fahrenheit 451, relevant plot development, literary themes, and applications & insights
Lesson 13:
o Discuss Part 3, Appendix, and Coda of Fahrenheit 451, relevant plot development, literary themes, and applications & insights
o Conduct summation of entire work and its relevant insights
o Compare and contrast Bradbury’s dystopian future with that of Orwell and Huxley.
Lesson 14:
o Discuss Records 1-12 of We, relevant plot development, literary themes, and applications & insights
Lesson 15:
o Discuss Records 13-27 of We, relevant plot development, literary themes, and applications & insights
Lesson 16:
o Discuss Records 28-40 and Notes of We, relevant plot development, literary themes, and applications & insights
o Conduct summation of entire work and its relevant insights
o Compare and contrast Zamyatin’s dystopian vision with that of Orwell, Huxley, and Bradbury.
Lesson 17:
o Discuss Covid-19: Psychological Operations, and the War for Technocracy, and applications and insights
Lesson 18:
o Discuss Covid-19, Psychological Operations, and the War for Technocracy, and applications and insights
Lesson 19:
o Discuss Covid-19, Psychological Operations, and the War for Technocracy, and applications and insights
Lesson 20:
o Discuss works used throughout course and the various visions presented by the
respective authors.
o Discuss the relevance of their warnings, depictions, and/or insights to today or the immediate future.
o Discuss methods to decrease our vulnerability to these types of control systems.
Course Summary:
Embark on a profound journey through dystopian literature, exploring themes of power, control, and resistance. Delve into classic and modern works that challenge societal norms and offer insightful perspectives on our world. This course offers not just an education in literature but a lens through which to view and understand the complexities of human societies.
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