The Representation of Power and Ideology in Modern English Literature: A Critical Discourse Approach
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https://doi.org/10.31185/wjfh.Vol22.Iss3/Pt3.1941Keywords:
Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), Norman Fairclough, Literary DiscourseAbstract
This study aims towards the analysis of George Orwell's (1984) text through Critical Discourse Analysis based on Fairclough's three-dimension framework highlighting the representation of power and ideology. The research has a qualitative case study approach, and selected parts of the text in the form of excerpts, slogans and narrative texts will be analyzed to see how power relations are built using linguistic structures and discursive strategies. Their results indicate that power is coded in terms of transitivity, modality and lexical choice that support surveillance and authority. Normalizing discursive strategies like repetition and framing and inhibiting alternative interpretations via ideological slogans. These codes are embedded in wider patterns of authoritative rule and ideologies. The study demonstrates how CDA can be valuable in examining how language, discourse and ideology are connected in a literary text highlighting the value of (1984) which reflects politics and constructs and legitimates it through discourse.
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