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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).01 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).01 Published : Sep 2022Investigating the Tenets of Post-structuralism in George Orwell's Animal Farm
In literary theory, the term Post-structuralism is a prominent concept which is built upon structuralism and at the same time it negates the ideas associated with that. Though post-structuralists all present different critiques of structuralism, common themes among them include the rejection of the self-sufficiency of structuralism, as well as an interrogation of the binary oppositions that constitute its structures. Accordingly, post-structuralism discards the idea of interpreting media (or the world) within pre-established, socially constructed structures. The purpose of this research was to revisit Post-Structuralism by selecting George Orwell's Animal Farm as a target text for this research. Post-Structuralists like Derrida (1966),Foucault (1994), and Barthes (1975) argue that no ultimate truth can be found with the help of binary opposition. Power and knowledge change the truth and pre-existing realities into a new phenomena. This research endorses the ideas of poststructuralists and Animal Farm offers allegorical representation which indicates a multiplicity of truth.
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Post-Structuralism, Deconstruction, Power, Knowledge, Logocentricism, Allegory, Decenter
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(1) Nazia Hassan Khan
M. Phil English Researcher, Department of Linguistics & Literature, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Marriam Bashir
Assistant Professor, School of English, Faculty of Languages, Minhaj University Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Raj Wali Khan
Islamia College Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Khan, N. H., Bashir, M., & Khan, R. W. (2022). Investigating the Tenets of Post-structuralism in George Orwell's Animal Farm. Global Language Review, VII(III), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).01
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CHICAGO : Khan, Nazia Hassan, Marriam Bashir, and Raj Wali Khan. 2022. "Investigating the Tenets of Post-structuralism in George Orwell's Animal Farm." Global Language Review, VII (III): 1-8 doi: 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).01
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HARVARD : KHAN, N. H., BASHIR, M. & KHAN, R. W. 2022. Investigating the Tenets of Post-structuralism in George Orwell's Animal Farm. Global Language Review, VII, 1-8.
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MHRA : Khan, Nazia Hassan, Marriam Bashir, and Raj Wali Khan. 2022. "Investigating the Tenets of Post-structuralism in George Orwell's Animal Farm." Global Language Review, VII: 1-8
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MLA : Khan, Nazia Hassan, Marriam Bashir, and Raj Wali Khan. "Investigating the Tenets of Post-structuralism in George Orwell's Animal Farm." Global Language Review, VII.III (2022): 1-8 Print.
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OXFORD : Khan, Nazia Hassan, Bashir, Marriam, and Khan, Raj Wali (2022), "Investigating the Tenets of Post-structuralism in George Orwell's Animal Farm", Global Language Review, VII (III), 1-8
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TURABIAN : Khan, Nazia Hassan, Marriam Bashir, and Raj Wali Khan. "Investigating the Tenets of Post-structuralism in George Orwell's Animal Farm." Global Language Review VII, no. III (2022): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).01