Science-Fiction, Techno-scientific Innovations and Political Power in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
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This article is a reflection on Nineteen Eighty-Four, one of the famous novels by George Orwell, British writer and journalist. It shows through techno-critical analysis that, although novel science-fiction in that it part dystopian approach to literary genre, also inspires expresses current techno-scientific innovations emblematic figure Big Brother. Moreover, just as Brother only symbol INGSOC, single political party which O'Brien leader, are more or less embodied powers which, if they use them control people's lives subject their ideologies, can become totalitarian despotic, even were previously democratic. In this logic, deprive people freedoms, especially freedom thought expression.
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عنوان ژورنال: International journal of literature studies
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2754-2610']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32996/ijts.2022.2.2.6