Conceptual Information in G. Orwell’s Novel “1984”

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201212.061How to use a DOI?

Keywords

concept, conceptual information, topic, science fiction, anti-utopia, narrative

Abstract

The article deals with the definition of concept and conceptual information of artistic prose. It exams the ambiguity of the term “concept” in Russian and European linguistics. Conceptual information is looked upon as twofold: containing both ideological and aesthetic aspects. The aim of the article is to show how these aspects are represented in artistic prose. It is demonstrated that ideological concept is connected with the semantics of the text and its topic, which is conceptualized. The work analyses the novel “1984” by G. Orwell. Containing many characteristics, the concept of a totalitarian state comprises various features and is defined as manifold or radial. It is shown that the novel includes language peculiarities that prove its affiliation to the genre of science fiction and its branches anti-utopia or dystopia. It is demonstrated that the main language means of the scientific fiction genre in the novel are lexical ones. Science fiction is looked upon as a mixture of technical and language innovations (neologisms included) and archetypal narrative motifs.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zoya Asratyan
AU  - Irina Kornilova
AU  - Ying Qi
AU  - Sergey Dyrin
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/15
TI  - Conceptual Information in G. Orwell’s Novel “1984”
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference Digital Age: Traditions, Modernity and Innovations (ICDATMI 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 308
EP  - 313
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201212.061
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201212.061
ID  - Asratyan2020
ER  -