Probing Into The Discourse Problems In Eagleton's Aesthetic Ideology Theory

Animal Farm is a political fable novel written by British writer George Orwell.It shows the discourse ecology under totalitarian rule in a humorous and satirical way.Based on the aesthetic ideology theory of Terry Eagleton,another British thinker,this paper aims to explore the following issues through the ideological characterization of narrative language in Animal Farm:firstly,to explore the means of totalitarian domination in the novel to manipulate discourse to reveal the symbiotic relationship between language and power;secondly,to illustrate discourse by analyzing the examples in the novel.How does power become ideology?Thirdly,it tries to explain how aesthetic ideology as political criticism realizes the possibility and way of subject liberation.The first part of this paper mainly introduces the significance of this topic,the research status at home and abroad,as well as the research methods and contents.The second part can be divided into three chapters: The first chapter mainly introduces the theoretical origin and construction of Eagleton's Aesthetic Ideology Theory.Chapter two focuses on the relationship between narrative language and aesthetic ideology,focusing on the relationship between language and power,ideological discourse power and aesthetic ideology.The third chapter focuses on the interpretation of the text of Animal Farm and the analysis of its linguistic features and discourse roles.The third part is the conclusion,on the basis of analyzing and reflecting on ideological discourse power,provides practical enlightenment for the development of cultural self-confidence with the theory of aesthetic ideology.The conclusion also summarizes the relationship between language and ideology.Eagleton is a world-renowned contemporary literary theorist.He put forward the famous theory of aesthetic ideology.This theory takes ideology as the breakthrough point and effectively integrates literary criticism with realistic politics through the interpretation and analysis of the text.With the help of this unique cultural and political practice,it opens up a new horizon of traditional aesthetics.In his view,language is not only an important carrier of ideology,but also a power relationship,a social and political relationship.In view of this,thispaper attempts to analyze the ideological nature of discourse from the text of Animal Farm by using Eagleton's theory of aesthetic ideology,revealing how discourse as power evolves into ideology of power,and then becomes a tool for manipulating social relations.The purpose is to seek resistance and liberation for the repressed subject through the political criticism function of aesthetic ideology power.