I am reading through a bunch of “free write” essays that I had my students do in class yesterday. They just finished reading 1984 and I basically asked them to imagine how they thought Orwell would view the world we live in today. I wanted them to start making connections between the book and their lives, is all.
Well one of my students, in the middle of his free-write - which he only had ten minutes to think about and write - seems to have coined the term “post-dystopian”. What an interesting concept.
Maybe somebody else has come up with this already, but if they have, I’ve never heard of it and I’m a very fancy guy.
Anyway, I’m very proud of this kid. Tomorrow I’m going to ask him what exactly he meant.
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