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* George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 is best known for its most famous ideas - Newspeak, Big Brother and Room 101 to name a few. But little has been written about the musical imagery and metaphor that permeates the novel. In this essay, I explore how IngSoc, the ruling party in Oceania, uses music to control and oppress the people and, as a result, how freedom of expression in music, and singing in particular, becomes the embodiment of an idealistic future for Winston. ‘The birds sang, the proles sang. The Party did not sing.’
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FURTHER READING/RESEARCH
George Orwell - 1984: planetebook.com/free-ebooks/1984.pdf
Speech, music and dehumanisation in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: a linguistic study of metaphors (Anne Marie, Simon Vandenbergen) - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/096394709300200301
Pre-order my new book! UK: https://shorturl.at/enn27 US: https://shorturl.at/4LIAP More info: barnabymartin.com/the-quiet
* George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 is best known for its most famous ideas - Newspeak, Big Brother and Room 101 to name a few. But little has been written about the musical imagery and metaphor that permeates the novel. In this essay, I explore how IngSoc, the ruling party in Oceania, uses music to control and oppress the people and, as a result, how freedom of expression in music, and singing in particular, becomes the embodiment of an idealistic future for Winston. ‘The birds sang, the proles sang. The Party did not sing.’
▶ Support my channel: patreon.com/listeningin
▶ Subscribe: bit.ly/2PlVaMS
____________________
▶ Website: barnabymartin.com
▶ Twitter: twitter.com/BarnabyMartin
FURTHER READING/RESEARCH
George Orwell - 1984: planetebook.com/free-ebooks/1984.pdf
Speech, music and dehumanisation in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: a linguistic study of metaphors (Anne Marie, Simon Vandenbergen) - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/096394709300200301
