1984: 1984- Academic Articles

The article proposes a theoretical foray into Orwell’s 1984, one that offers insight about how complex the fabric of, perhaps, the most well-known classic dystopia of the 20th century, really is. Discussing auctorial intention and the inherent structural aspects of a utopia/dystopia, a close analysis of 1984 reflects the lesser-known aspects behind creating some of the most familiar contemporary images related to the disappearance of personal freedom and the birth of the surveillance state.

The article examines the fact that the push for democracy and the end of Communist rule in Central Europe was phrased in terms of traditional European notions of freedom and democracy, in spite of long-lived Communist attempts to redefine these and related terms in order to make them a Communist reality.

The collapse of Stalinism and Fordism, the end of the cold war, and the brutal Gleichschaltung being imposed on humanity by a now untrammeled capitalist world order underscore the need for a return to George Orwell's famous dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-four.

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) is one of the bestselling novels of all time, with sales of thirty million copies in at least five dozen languages. Just as anno 1984 was thirty-five years from 1949, we today stand thirty-five years beyond 1984

Dystopian literature has existed for over a hundred years, being as popular as any other moderately successful literary genre. Over the past few decades, however, it has become increasingly acclaimed, particularly after the turn of the century.

Finnsson, G., 2016. The Unexpected Popularity of Dystopian Literature. From Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale to Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games Trilogy (Doctoral dissertation).

Nineteen Eighty-Four displays a narrative mastery of subjectivity that begs for psychoanalytic readings.

This paper attempts a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of mind control strategies in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1948). More specifically, the paper tries to shed lights on the discursive practices that are used to control the public’s minds in a way that guarantees complete compliance to a specific ideology. Orwell’s novel is one of the distinguished narratives in the twentieth century

Language is the unique human talent that works amazingly in molding one’s thoughts and deeds. If grown unrestricted, it can help people widen their notions about things and issues in and around them.

All Propaganda is Dangerous, but Some are More Dangerous than Others: George Orwell and the Use of Literature as Propaganda.