Dystopian Schools between Reality and Narrative Fiction

The imposing educational-training apparatus established in Italy during the Fascist period showed, in a disconcerting and dramatic way, that school is not a “protected” and “safe place”, but, on the contrary, it is a very effective means of control and propaganda of one’s ideas. Borrowing this awareness from the dictatorships of the 20th century, the Science Fiction Literature of the 20th Century shows that there is a close relationship between dystopian thinking and educational institutions that transmit its models. The protagonists of dystopian novels often decide not to conform themself to the proposed educational models and to subvert the rules imposed by political regimes.