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Svoboda ali suženjstvo? V kitovem trebuhu in drugi eseji
Z delom Svoboda ali suženjstvo? se odsunemo v izbor esejističnih preudarkov, ki se v izhodišču oprejo na Orwellovo (re)interpretacijo biblijske prilike, pravzaprav metafore nekritičnega sprejemanja družbenega obrazca, namesto da bi ga presekal s spremembo. Velikanovi zapisi secirajo neštetost ječ – nesvobodo govora, životarjenje proze v totalitar(istič)nih okvirih, pesimistične in etično manj uravnotežene teze kultnih del ipd.
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205 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2017
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George Orwell
1,364 books52.2k followersEric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism (both fascism and stalinism), and support of democratic socialism.
Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), although his works also encompass literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.
Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "doublethink", and "thoughtcrime". In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.
Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), although his works also encompass literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.
Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "doublethink", and "thoughtcrime". In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.
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August 16, 2018
Skrbno izbrani eseji nas popeljejo v Orwellov mišljenjski milje med leti 1932 in 1947, ko se pisec, socialist v drobovju in ne kot kakšen oportunist, preizkuša kot strog in pronicljiv literarni kritik angleške beletristike, zatem kot kritik brezhrbtenične britanske kolonialne politike, kasneje pa kot prepričljivi prerok in vizionar povojne ureditve Evrope ter sveta. Posredno prijetno vabi k vnovičnem branju Poklonu Katalonije, 1984 in Živalske farme - med izbranimi eseji se znajde manjkajoča spremna beseda, ki prikazuje, kako so si založniške hiše slednjo podajali kot (pre)vroč krompir.
July 4, 2020
Večinoma zelo aktualni eseji, ki dajo zanimiv vpogled v pisateljevo dojemanje sveta med drugo svetovno vojno, atomske bombe, hladne vojne ...
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