that is fundamental to both the pandemic and dystopia – that both, in many ways, suggest the end of an epoch.

[chitraaa]

In the following sentence written by me, is it correct to use 'that' after a hyphen? Please guide.

It is interesting to note that the distinctiveness of dystopia as a genre lies in something that is fundamental to both the pandemic and dystopia – that both, in many ways, suggest the end of an epoch.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's not a hyphen. It's a dash. Your sentence works for me.

 

[Ostap]

Particularly to me, the conjunction "that" after the dash was confusing. I expected to see a definition of "what is fundamental" -- a noun phrase or a clause. I'd use "they" instead of "that".