Proceedings of the International Conference Digital Age: Traditions, Modernity and Innovations (ICDATMI 2020)

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

Authors
Zoya Asratyan, Irina Kornilova, Ying Qi, Sergey Dyrin
Corresponding Author
Zoya Asratyan
Available Online 15 December 2020.
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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference Digital Age: Traditions, Modernity and Innovations (ICDATMI 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
15 December 2020
ISBN
978-94-6239-298-4
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201212.061How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
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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