Propaganda And Surveillance As Means Of Control And Abusing Freedoms A Case Study Of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four
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2021
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UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA
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This dissertation aims to study the role of propaganda and surveillance as characteristics of dystopian literature through a particular examination of George Orwell‘s masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four and shedding light on how the totalitarian regime of Big brother uses them to oppress Oceania‘s people and limit their freedoms ; propaganda and surveillance in the novel are not just accidentally related but essentially linked and playing complementary roles in an absurd project of total social control directed not just at behaviour but also thought . It provides explanations of the main concepts such as surveillance, propaganda and dystopian literature and also focuses on the author‘s life and his socio-historical background. .
the dissertation provides a clear overview of the novel as an everlasting warning about the ruthlessness and perils of totalitarianism.