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Journal : Linguistika Kultura: Jurnal Linguistik Sastra Berdimensi Cultural Studies

The Perception of Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism in Various Universitas Andalas Students: A Reader-Response Criticism of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four Amanda Aisyah; Edria Sandika
Linguistika Kultura Vol 10 No 1 (2021)
Publisher : English Study Program, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Andalas, Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25077/jlk.10.1.1-10.2021

Abstract

This research studies the readers' responses to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four regarding their perception of totalitarianism and authoritarianism in various Universitas Andalas students as based on the said novel. This research focuses on how the novel's readers understand totalitarianism and authoritarianism after reading Nineteen Eighty-Four. Furthermore, this research also investigates the readers' answer on why they relate those mentioned concepts to their lives based on the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In analyzing the readers' responses, we apply a reader-response theory that focuses solely on the object's extrinsic elements, that is, in this case, the readers. As for the study method, we utilize the quantitative mixed with the qualitative method and library research.