All successful people, men and women, are big dreamers.They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
—Brian Tracy
Unit Goals
After learning the unit, students are expected to be able
·to understand the common features of Utopian fictions,
·to know Thomas More and Humanism,
·to understand the satire in Thomas More and Aldous Huxley’s writings,
·to appreciate the beauty of W.B.Yeats’ ideal fairy land,
·to master the useful words and expressions in the writings, and
·to improve language proficiency and critical thinking through the content of this unit.
Before You Read
1.“Utopia” was written by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia.Do you know the meaning of utopia and dystopia (anti-utopia)?
2.Thomas More’s Utopia, written in Latin, is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs.If you were the author, how would you portray its people and their life?
3.Think what might be the purpose of the writer in creating such a fictional island and learn about the social background of the novel Utopia.
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