“1984”: THE FICTIONAL REPRESENTATION OF A TOTALITARIAN STATE

Abstract

This article aims to demonstrate how British writer George Orwell, through his main work “1984”, conceived and positioned himself against any types of political and social anomalies that could put human freedom at risk in the 20th century. Orwellian literature encompasses the most diverse genres in the field of prose: essays, reviews, chronicles, letters, diaries, and fiction. In practically all of them, a strong social critique of his time is evident. As in “1894”, in most of these works the author ends up addressing the subject that seems to be the core of the entire problem presented, the fight against totalitarianism and how governments like these subject their people to serious violations of fundamental human rights.