Abstract
George Orwell is a famous writer in the 20th century in England, especially known for his humanitarian spirit. Among his sharply written works, Animal Farm is of significant value to focus our attention on. This political allegory successfully creates a set of animal images, with some certain hidden meaning of political life. New Historicism offers readers another perspective to reorient into the context behind the text itself and reconsider the intertextuality between history and texts. Montrose proposes two concepts, “textuality of history” and “historicity of texts.” In the light of the two key concepts, this paper aims to take a descriptive approach to the political implications in Animal Farm with a focus on the close relationship between history and texts.
Highlights
George Orwell is deemed to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century
As a thought-provoking writer, a journalist, and a social critic as well, he has created an array of great works for readers to appreciate and draw insights from, which are closely related to social conflicts and historical contexts. 1984 and Animal Farm are the most famous representative works in which he writes with his acute observation and pointed pen so as to record and reflect the era
4.2 The Great Purge In Animal Farm, when Squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs; Napoleon had accepted the contract for four hundred eggs a week
Summary
George Orwell is deemed to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. George Orwell takes the literary form of political fable and treats it as a simple animal story, which renders readers’ interpretation some color of politics and history on the prototype of beasts. Whereas it has a much more political and historical connection with the Soviet Union. It is easy to find that most scholars focus on the themes, techniques, and styles of Animal Farm Speaking, these works offer us many insights to further interpret it. Relation infiltrated in social, political, and cultural aspects It reveals the meaning of literature by studying literary texts and power. Items of degeneration, betrayal, and tyranny of totalitarianism can be read between the lines in the disguise of animal allegory in which almost every detail has politically signified
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