Abstract

In our paper, we would like to examine in depth several few aspects concerning the emotions and the love life in the work by Boualem Sansal 2084. La fin du monde and compare this work with its classical hypotext by George Orwell, 1984. Sansal ’s work, published in 2015, having received several awards, represents a modern rewriting of Orwell, updating the context of totalitarianism in the direction of the rule of islam. In order to analyze the role of emotions in both texts, we proceed in three steps. Firstly, we set a comparative framework of both novels, pinpointing a short characteristics of totalitarian and post-totalitarian societies and their common features, as well as the role of language and its modifications in these societies. Secondly, we study the collective emotions such as fear, love and hatred, together with what they imply. Thirdly, we observe how profoundly the individual affectivity can be determining for the main character and his destiny.

Highlights

  • In our paper, we would like to examine in depth several few aspects concerning the emotions and the love life in the work by Boualem Sansal 2084

  • Sansal apporterait une actualisation importante au roman classique d’Orwell, non seulement en comparaison avec l ’histoire extrêmement troublante et bien connue de celui-ci, qui en fait l ’un des livres les plus pessimistes du XXe siècle

  • Cela est vrai également en ce qui concerne les émotions, parce que malgré l ’absence d ’amour individuel dans 2084, le dénouement laisse prévoir une ouverture potentielle vers des émotions positives liées à la conquête de la liberté, à la différence de 1984, qui par l ’amour sinistre du héros principal pour Big Brother a toujours été un présage fort pessimiste pour le sort futur du monde

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We would like to examine in depth several few aspects concerning the emotions and the love life in the work by Boualem Sansal 2084.

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