{"product_id":"different-readings-of-sir-thomas-mores-utopia-from-an-ideal-state-to-the-first-dystopia-von-jelena-vukadinovic","title":"Different Readings of Sir Thomas More's Utopia - from an Ideal state to the First Dystopia","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, RWTH Aachen University (Institut für Anglistik), course: Utopian Novels, language: English, abstract: The aim of this paper is to point out some of the main trends in current criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof More¿s Utopia, by presenting and discussing some of the most important theses from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe most representative critical writings from each of the aforementioned arches of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einterpretation. Special attention will be given to the question in how far it is justifiable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto read Utopia as a negative concept, albeit even partly, or even as the first dystopia. In\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eorder to analyse this, a number of aspects has to be considered first. One has to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edifferentiate between the questions of More¿s intentions and modern readers¿ point of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eview on the Utopian commonwealth. Even if More meant his island to be ideal and a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eblueprint for a new and better society, which is itself already very disputable, it does not\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enecessarily mean that it can still be seen as such. Most modern reader cannot be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexpected to see Utopia as society which is anywhere near perfect or desirable. Values,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof societies as well as individuals, have shifted in their meaning and focus between the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eera of Tudor England and today. It is also rather questionable in how far the utopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esociety would have appeared as ideal to More¿s contemporaries, especially in regard to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eits communism and its religious practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640318292\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640318292","offer_id":39429322375261,"sku":"9783640318292","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/fd2935ff-2bfb-4fb7-b9c8-1a5bc962974e.jpg?v=1777614209","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/different-readings-of-sir-thomas-mores-utopia-from-an-ideal-state-to-the-first-dystopia-von-jelena-vukadinovic","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}