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标题：Ethical Consciousness under Totalitarianism —Review on George Orwell’s 1984
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作者：Xuan Qin
期刊名称：Journal of Language Teaching and Research
印刷版ISSN：1798-4769
出版年度：2018
卷号：9
期号：4
页码：731
DOI：10.17507/jltr.0904.08
出版社：Academy Publisher
摘要：Since the new president of the United States Trump wield power people began to doubt the political situation, which thus led to the novel 1984 jump to the top in the list of the best seller. Public concern is that whether George Orwell’s allegorical purpose will be realized. Definitely 1984 is known as an anti-totalitarian novel describing the ethical disorder, the revolting principles, the absurd disciplines and ideological deformation of the “Big Ocean” country under the domination of “Big Brother”. People living there are forced to fall into ethical dilemma. They have changed their rational thoughts into irrational ones. Besides, they give up their identity of blood relatives and principles of making friends and empower irrationality to control humanity. This article intends to analyze the trauma made by the totalitarian government from the aspects of ethical consciousness.
关键词：1984; ethical consciousness; totalitarian government