Paper no. 107 : The Twentieth Century Literature : From World War ll to the End of the Century. M.A Sem-2

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 : pandyachandani11@gmail.com

2. George Orwell’s 1984

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.