Linguistika Kultura: Jurnal Linguistik Sastra Berdimensi Cultural Studies
Vol 10 No 1 (2021)

The Perception of Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism in Various Universitas Andalas Students: A Reader-Response Criticism of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

Amanda Aisyah (Universitas Andalas)
Edria Sandika (Universitas Andalas)

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Publish Date
25 Mar 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.

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Linguistika Kultura: Jurnal Linguistik Sastra Berdimensi Cultural Studies
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jlk

Publisher

Universitas Andalas

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Linguistika Kultura is a journal by English Study Program, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Andalas, Padang. It is a double blind review journal that is peer reviewed and open access. The journal seeks to become an open access publishing platform that publishes and disseminates concepts and ...