ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -George Orwell’s 1984 is a defining example of dystopian fiction in that it envisions a future where society is in decline, totalitarianism has created vast inequities, and innate weaknesses of human nature keep the characters in a state of conflict and unhappiness.

Detailed explanation-2: -invented by Zamyatin A modern literary genre, the dystopia, was invented by Yevgeny Zamyatin in his novel My (1924; We), which could be published only abroad.

Detailed explanation-3: -George Orwell’s 1984: 70 years after, the world’s first dystopian novel is as relevant as ever.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nineteen Eighty-four, also published as 1984, novel by English author George Orwell published in 1949 as a warning against totalitarianism. The chilling dystopia made a deep impression on readers, and his ideas entered mainstream culture in a way achieved by very few books.