Exploitation of Language in Orwellian Dystopia through Foucauldian Power

This article attempts to focus on language as a Foucauldian power tool which has mostly been employed by totalitarian and despotic regimes to dominate their subjectsnot only physically using military force but also mentally and even spiritually through manipulation of their minds and self-policing. The best tool for mental dominanceover the masses in a given society is language which has direct relationship with the mentality of the individuals and their mental abilities. George Orwell reiterates thisidea which comes in line with Foucauldian power notion which categorizes languageand discourse as one of the power tools. Analysis of the novel, Nineteen Eighty Four, yields a good substantiation to claim and supports the hypothesis of this researchwhich considers language as a sensitive and complicated power tool used in totalitarian societies

Keywords:

Orwellian Dystopia , Foucauldian Power tools , Language , Nineteen Eighty Four , ‘Newspeak’ and ‘Ingsoc’