The functions of the narrative structure in Nineteen-eighty four: a look into the three-part novel and its relation to the author’s warning message

Abstract

The present extended paper is situated in the field of Literature, and aims to demonstrate the parallels between the content of each of the three parts of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty- Four (1949) and each one of the Party’s slogans. The analysis will be conducted through the use of Christopher Hitchens’ Why Orwell Matters (2002), a significant criticism on Orwell’s career as both a fiction writer and an essayist, and will also be supported by Barthes’ essay The Death of the Author (1967).