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Republic and Laws, Politics Take A Back Seat (Noting That Feminism Utopias Still Play A

The document provides reading questions for an article about utopian themes, traditions, and variations by Sargent. It asks the reader to summarize the main points of the article in one paragraph, and provide two analytical questions about themes, aesthetics, philosophy, or examples from the text to discuss in class. The questions focus on why it took so long for utopias to focus on politics again after Plato, and why Christianity in particular sparked ideas of utopia despite other older religions also touching on similar concepts.

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Republic and Laws, Politics Take A Back Seat (Noting That Feminism Utopias Still Play A

The document provides reading questions for an article about utopian themes, traditions, and variations by Sargent. It asks the reader to summarize the main points of the article in one paragraph, and provide two analytical questions about themes, aesthetics, philosophy, or examples from the text to discuss in class. The questions focus on why it took so long for utopias to focus on politics again after Plato, and why Christianity in particular sparked ideas of utopia despite other older religions also touching on similar concepts.

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ReadingQuestionsforSargentdueAug28

ForSargents"Utopianthemes,traditionsandvariations"filloutthisreading
analysisworksheet:
A.Summarizethemainpointsofthearticleinoneparagraphinyourownwords.
TheideaofUtopiapredatesitsfirstsignificanttext,MoresUtopia,whichiswhatthe
moderndefinitionofUtopia,isbasedoffof.HumanshaveentertainedtheideaofUtopia
sinceeventheearliestoftimes.UtopiaexpandsacrossGreekandRomanmyths,
religions(Christianityandanythingthatplayswithanyconceptofaheavenorhell),
andpoliticalissues.Astimehaspushedforward,sohasthespreadoftheideaofutopia.
Withthedevelopmentofpublishingtoradiotomoviemedia,theideasofautopiaor
eventhemorepopularpopculturedystopia,utopiacontinuestogrowasahottopicof
debateanddiscussion.

B.Writeouttwoanalyticalquestionsthatyouwouldliketodiscussinclass.Pay
particularattentiontothemes,aesthetics(form,metaphor,simile,image),philosophy,etc.
Notethepagenumberofoneortwoexamples,sothatwecanturntothemwhenwe
discussyourquestioninclass.
1.Itseemsthattheearlyideasofutopiawerecreatedwithmoreofapurposetoappease
simplerneeds(example:CockaignesandNobleSavages).WiththeexceptiontoPlatos
RepublicandLaws,politicstakeabackseat(notingthatfeminismutopiasstillplaya
smallrole)untiltheriseoftheideasofcommunismandsocialism.Whydoesitseemto
takesolongtofocusutopiasbackontopolitics?
2.ThedevelopmentofChristianityissaidtobeacentralpartofutopianlexicon,but
thereareolderreligionsthanChristianitythattoywiththeideaofutopia.Whyis
Christianity,specifically,thereligiontosparkthisideaofutopia.

Factualquestionsorquestionofcontentshouldbebroughtupwhenwearediscussinga
questionthatrelatestoyourfactualquestion.

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