| Title: | The totalitarian achievement and maintenance of absolute control over man in George Orwell’s „1984” and Ismail Kadare’s „The Palace of Dreams” |
| Authors: | Ervin Xhinaku, Olsa Pema |
| Publication: | Diversité et identité culturelle en Europe, XII (1), p. 25 |
| p-ISSN: | 2067-0931 |
| Publisher: | Editura Muzeul Literaturii Române |
| Place: | București |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Abstract: | In this study we have subjected Orwell‘s classic dystopia 1984 and Kadare‘s most important anti-totalitarian allegory The Palace of Dreams to a comparative analysis focused on their representation of the essential characteristic of totalitarianism – its urge to achieve and maintain absolute control over all aspects of the individual‘s life. By juxtaposing and comparatively analysing the key features of totalitarian control in Orwell‘s fictional Oceania and in Kadare‘s allegorical rendition of the Ottoman Empire, we hope to throw a more discriminating light on the fundamental conception of totalitarianism that is found in the two novels. |
| Key words: | Totalitarian, control, rebellion, the past |
| Language: | English |
| Links: |  pdf  html |
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