utopian novel
Perfect society story
A utopian novel depicts an imagined society that has achieved near-perfection—typically through ideal social, political, or technological arrangements.
The genre explores what human life could be if certain problems were solved: Thomas More's Utopia, Looking Backward, Ecotopia.
Utopian novels often function as implicit critiques of the author's own society.
The opposite is a dystopian novel.
- perfect worldImagined flawless state
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- world-buildingCreating fictional universes
- island communitySettlement on surrounded land
- speculative fictionGenre of imagined realities
collectivism · egalitarianism · common good · Enlightenment · socialism · satire · harmony · Thomas More · Sir Thomas More · sustainability · fantasy · anarchism · pacifism · human nature · symbolism · Industrial Revolution · class struggle · social commentary
utopian noveldystopian fiction
Stories depicting terrible futures
dystopia · anti-utopia · apocalyptic fiction · 1984 · Brave New World
utopian novelrealist novel
Literature depicting plausible life
social realism · slice of life · nonfiction · documentary fiction · neorealism
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