A Literary Semiotics Approach to the Semantic Universe of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
Author | : Murat Kalelioğlu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2018-12-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 1527520188 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781527520189 |
Rating | : 4/5 (189 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Literary Semiotics Approach to the Semantic Universe of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four written by Murat Kalelioğlu and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semiotics can be considered as a well-organized signification journey taken among the pages of the work of art. It requires background knowledge related to the field and its analysis tools, as well as careful reading practices in the text to reach the projected destination after stopping over in certain stations. These stations represent meaning intersections where the meaningful formations are articulated to contribute to the generation of the semantic universe of the text. The presentation of such a fictional universe can be complicated because of the nature of the literary work and the language used. With regards to Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four, what makes its fiction precious is the masterful acts of the author in both paradigmatic and syntagmatic dimensions. This book conducts a semiotic analysis in order to unfold the enigmatic semantic organization of Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four narrative by penetrating the formative structures at various meaning levels of the text.