Varieties of Literary Utopia or Utopianism — What Are They?”
The second of my ambitions is to highlight the process by which one may write an essay on the subject of “variety,” in particular “Varieties of Literary Utopianism.”
Why are we writing on “variety”?
Because to explore “variety” is to explore “distinctions” — it is to explore what distinctly makes, say, book A uniquely book A and not book B? And to explore “distinctions” is to explore the ways in which one universal form or theme – for example, the theme or urge for “utopia in persons and in the world” as found in literature– may be comprehended and imaginatively expressed in a variety of unique and distinct ways.
We are correct to understand each of our literary works as one distinct form on one universal and perennial theme: in other words, each of our works gives themselves to be a unique expression like no other expression on a common theme: the urge for utopia.
In short, scholars are essentially in the business of making, highlighting, foregrounding, explicating distinctions, varieties.
What is the function / purpose of each of our 3 essay elements?
