Newspeak

Language as a manipulation instrument in 1984, by George Orwell

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2021.4.39740

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Language, Ideological sign, Power, Circle of Bakhtin

Abstract

This study aims to show the power of language in social organization. For this, the analysis of George Orwell's literary work, 1984, is made, in particular, of the creation of a new language in the fictional country of Oceania, which proves to be an important mechanism of population control. For the analysis of this new language, called Newspeak, we seek in the notion of ideological sign, as understood by the Circle of Bakhtin, especially in the work Marxism and philosophy of language (2017), by Volóchinov, the necessary theoretical contribution make explicit how the use of language can contribute to the control and domination of a people. As a result, it is possible to observe that the elimination of the language spoken by the population and the creation of a new language aims at canceling critical thinking, making people mere reproducers of opinions, without any kind of reflection.

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Author Biographies

Carina Maria Melchiors Niederauer, Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), Caxias do Sul, RS, Brasil.

Doutora em Letras pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), em Caxias do Sul, RS, Brasil; professora e pesquisadora na UCS, em Caxias do Sul, RS, Brasil.

Anna Carolina Pasquali, Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), Caxias do Sul, RS, Brasil.

Graduada em Letras – Licenciatura, pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), em Caxias do Sul, RS, Brasil.

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BRAIT, Beth (org.). Bakhtin: conceitos-chave. São Paulo: Contexto, 2005.

FARACO, Carlos Alberto. Linguagem e diálogo: as ideias linguísticas do círculo de Bakhtin. São Paulo: Parábola, 2009.

FIORIN, José Luiz. Introdução ao pensamento de Bakhtin. 2. ed. São Paulo: Contexto, 2016.

ORWELL, George. 1984. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2009.

VOLÓCHINOV, Valentin N. El signo ideologico y la filosofia del linguaje. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Nueva Visión, 1976.

VOLÓCHINOV, Valentin. Marxismo e filosofia da linguagem: problemas fundamentais do método sociológico na ciência da linguagem. 8. ed. São Paulo: Editora 34, 2017.

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Published

2021-12-31

How to Cite

Niederauer, C. M. M., & Pasquali, A. C. . (2021). Newspeak: Language as a manipulation instrument in 1984, by George Orwell. Letrônica, 14(4), e39740. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2021.4.39740

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Vol. 14 No. 4 (2021): Re-emphasis, stereotypes and displacements in contemporary times: discourse as a space for social (re)organization

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