Bensahla-Tani

Since the dawn of time, history and literature have been braided into each other; ceaseless attempts have been made to comprehend the ways in which the former shapes the latter. This book taps into the historical facet of totalitarianism and its representation in fiction through a meticulous investigation of George Orwell’s magnum opus Nineteen Eighty-Four, shedding light on totalitarian themes. It delves deep into concepts such as totalitarianism and dystopian literature, and takes a glimpse into the author’s life sketches that carved the novel. In the same vein, it delimits the aspects of totalitarianism between reality and dystopian fiction, enhancing the view of the novel as a timeless cautionary narrative about the dangers and perils of tyranny.