DEPICTION OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND STATE IN THE NOVEL «1984» BY G. ORWELL

Abstract

The article «Depiction of the Conflict between Personality and State in the Novel «1984» deals with investigation of the genre peculiarities of the novel – dystopia «1984» by G. Orwell and depiction of the conflict between Personality and State. The author of the article states that the genre of dystopia novel occupies a special place not only in the English literature of the XX century, but also in the world literature. The first part of the article speaks about the formation of the dystopia genre in the world literature, which developed as an opposite to the genre of utopia. The research shows that dystopia genre was creatively implemented in the works by A. Huxley, R. Bradbury, K. Ishiguro, etc. The article states that in the novel under analysis the author touches political, social, moral and philosophical problems. And the main means of treating this issue is the system of characters creatively presented in the novel. The author of the article focuses on the analysis of the main character of the novel – Winston Smith, who becomes a person involved into a dramatic, tense conflict between a Personality and the State. G. Orwell provides the idea that under the pressure of a society any person can be ruined. Outstanding characters of the book make it interesting and exciting for a wide circle of readers. This research states that the most tragic and awful character for G. Orwell is the leader of the totalitarian state – Goldstein. The whole novel is aimed against totalitarian ideas, tending to embrace all aspects of human life in order to develop the nation of warriors and fanatics.

Keywords

• антиутопія
• тоталітаризм
• драматичний конфлікт
• утопія
• проблематика
• мораль
• особистість