具体来说,奥威尔建议用一种优先考虑真理和圆点的写作风格来打断懒惰和模糊的螺旋。 【参考资料】George Orwell (乔治·奥威尔)《Politics and the English Language》《政治与英语》电子书和网络公开资料。 ———- End ———
(sorce: George Orwell: Politics and the English language ) NOTES A) Current Situation Summary: language and politics is declining, which is caused by each other. The process is reversible, and is caused by some bad habits. Noteworthy: Underneath lies a contradictory opinion of language, whether...
奥威尔从语言入手,希望通过少数人的自觉努力促成语言的基调和风格的改变。面对语言能否影响社会进程的争议,奥威尔的态度是肯定的。他对英语文体的批驳和严格要求,也正反映了他对社会现状改变的期望。
George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946 Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent衰微的and our ...
From his examination of how language may be used to perpetuate the status quo and achieve the goals of the powerful, George Orwell recognizes the necessity of understanding the nature of language for interpreting political events. While traditional interpretations of his work assert that he believes ...
The political dialects to be found in pamphlets, leading articles, manifestos, White Papers and the speeches of under-secretaries do, of course, vary from party to party, but they are all alike in that one almost finds in them a fresh, vivid, home-made turn of speech. When one watches ...
“Politics and the English Language” (1946) is an essay by George Orwell that criticised and ended the “ugly and inaccurate” written English of his time and examines the connection between political orthodoxies and the debasement of language. ...
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Politics and the English Language by George Orwell (1903-1950) Approximate Word Count: 5505 Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our ...
George OrwellPolitics and the English Language is widely considered Orwell s most important essay on style. Style, for Orwell, was never simply a question of aesthetics; it was always inextricably linked to politics and to truth. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass ...