A Study Of The Artistry In George Orwell’s Novels

When it comes to the history of English fiction in the first half of 20th century, George Orwell must be referred to, whose works possess a distinct political bias and reveal the horror and darkness of totalitarian politics. The artistry in his novels, however, is often neglected and questioned. With regard to the literariness in his works, Orwell never slackened it. His writing style is concise and lively, which has strong artistic appeal.On the premise of ensuring the authenticity of his works, Orwell infiltrated many of his own subjective elements into writing by means of allegorical plot setting, which makes his works beyond the real world so as not to become a cold and indifferent political comment. He also fully played his rigorous logic thinking and employed exaggeration, making the two allegorical novels convincingly authentic Besides, via the shift of time and transformation of traditional images, he enabled readers to enjoy the esthetic feelings while reading and unconsciously realize the darkness and depression of the totalitarian society, thus keeping themselves highly sensitive and alert to totalitarian politics.With the memory of his childhood life, Orwell shaped symbolic character portraits, which are either animalized or possessed of obvious physical defects that symbolize the social environment at that time. All these symbolic descriptions, which imply the strong criticism of the real society, are intended to illustrate the absurdity and cruelty of the real world.Orwell is adept at describing the environment from different perspectives to activate all his senses and exert his imagination, giving life to novels and making the words seem to have sound, color and smell, in which way each of his works is warm and sensible. These seemingly casual environmental descriptions contain Orwell’s concern and expression of the themes of works.Orwell maintained the linguistic sensitivity and were strict with his language. Through many writing techniques such as irony, metaphor and coining new words, Orwell not only aroused readers’novel feelings, but also rid them of the origina perception stereotypes, enabling them to obtain the real artistic enjoymentAs a conscientious intellectual, Orwell is a sincere thinker. He was concerned about realistic survival and living life. Through writing, he expressed human crise and despair that he felt, influencing generation after generation and making peopl obtain the alertness and inspiration of freedom. His works pass down because of his thoughts. If it is true that the contained cold and severe consciousness brightens the works, then the artistry shown between the lines makes this cold and sever consciousness warmer...