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Norren, Lotje van (2020)

The Power of Language in Nineteen Eighty-Four and Fahrenheit 451

Bachelor thesis | Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)
This thesis presents an analysis of the way language is used as a form of power in Nineteen Eighty-Four and Fahrenheit 451. Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four represents a society which uses the manipulation of meaning in order to restrict individual thought. Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 likewise presents a government whose goal it is to diminish individual thought. However, Fahrenheit 451 focuses more on the violent destruction of written language.
Language
Power
Dystopia
Orwell
Bradbury
Discourse
Foucault
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Fahrenheit 451
Author
Norren, Lotje van
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Supervisors
Leeuwen, E.J. van
ECTS Credits
10
Language
en