Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature

Thomas More and Utopian Origins

Educational Feb 3, 2017 32 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

Available on Prime Video, The Great Courses Signature Collection

S1 E2: Take a step back and learn about the origins of the utopian genre, beginning with Thomas More's Utopia of 1516. More's foundational work gave us the word "utopia," but did it create the genre? Explore the elements of the story to see how it set conventions for later works but also critiqued the very idea of utopia in the process.

Educational Feb 3, 2017 32 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2017
Run Time: 32 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.