Essays about: "Amalia Berggren"

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  1. 1. Surveillance in Nineteen Eighty-Four : The Dismantling of Privacy in Oceania

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Amalia Berggren; [2016]
    Keywords : Nineteen Eighty-Four; George Orwell; Panopticism; Jeremy Bentham; Michel Foucault; surveillance;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to analyze how certain elements of panopticism manage to dismantle the notion of privacy in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. By reading the text through a lens of panopticism, a theory introduced by Jeremy Bentham, I give examples on how the surveillance methods used by the Party share similarities with the system of surveillance within a Panoptic prison, but also in what ways that they differ. READ MORE