George Orwell’s 1984
- 1. Presented by : Chandani Pandya Department of English MKBU Presentation Topic : George Orwell’s 1984 Paper no. 107 : The Twentieth Century Literature : From World War ll to the End of the Century. M.A Sem-2 Roll no. 06 Batch 2020-21 Email ID : [email protected]
- 3. Introduction • Nineteen Eighty-Four (sometimes 1984) is a darkly satirical political novel by George Orwell. The story takes place in a nightmarish dystopia, in which an ever-surveillant State enforces perfect conformity among citizens through indoctrination, fear, lies and ruthless punishment. • It was first published on June 8, 1949, is Orwell's most famous work, and is the inspiration of the word “Orwellian”.
- 4. The World of Nineteen Eighty-Four • The world described in Nineteen Eighty-Four has striking and deliberate parallels to the Stalinist Soviet Union; notably, the themes of a betrayed revolution, which Orwell put so famously in Animal Farm, the subordination of individuals to "the Party," and the extensive and institutional use of propaganda, especially as it influenced the main character of the book, Winston Smith.
- 5. The Ministries of Oceania The Ministry of Peace The Ministry of Plenty The Ministry of Truth The Ministry of Love
- 6. Parody of the 1941 "Four Freedoms" • The structure of the government resembled a parody in reverse of the famous 1941 USA State of the Union speech by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In that speech before the assembled Congress, the president outlined Four Freedoms:
- 7. The Party • In his novel Orwell creates a world in which citizens have no right to a personal life or personal thought. Leisure and other activities are controlled through strict mores. • The menacing figure of Big Brother has been variously interpreted to be that of Soviet leader Josef Stalin and BBC design department's Roy Oxley.
- 8. The three Slogans of the Party War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.
- 9. Work Cited • Aubrey, Crispin & Chilton, Paul (Eds). (1983). Nineteen-Eighty-Four in 1984: Autonomy, Control & Communication. London: Comedia. • Hillegas, Mark R. (1967). The Future As Nightmare: H.G. Wells and the Anti-Utopians. Southern Illinois University Press. • Howe, Irving (Ed.). (1983). 1984 Revisited: Totalitarianism In Our Century. New York: Harper Row. • Shelden, Michael. (1991). Orwell — The Authorized Biography. London: Heinemann. • Smith, David & Mosher, Michael. (1984). Orwell for Beginners. London: Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative.