《1984》中的反抗与革命

在《1984》中,奥威尔写出了极权主义统治的严酷性,但整部小说又是围绕着主人公对于极权的反抗来叙事的,包括以思想犯罪的方式进行的心灵的反叛;以身体为武器,用性爱来反叛极权主义的性政治;以及通过革命暴动来动员无产者推翻极权统治。《1984》中所有的反抗和革命都失败了,但并不意味着它们就没有价值,它们本身彰显了人性的力量。同时,作者也对革命崇拜本身进行了反思,认为其可能仍然内在地蕴涵着极权的因素。

Rebellion and Revolution in Nineteen Eighty-Four

The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four not only reveals the totalitarian politics in depth, it also presents Winston's three steps of anti-totalitarianism: Thought crime, physical rebellion and participation in secret revolutionary organization to try to overthrow the rule of totalitarianism. Although all these rebellions have been complete failure, they manifest the power of human nature. Orwell has also broken down simple worship of revolutions. He suggests that there may be latent internal totalitarian logic in modern revolutions.