臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

喬治歐威爾在「一九八四」中對人性的貶抑可分為兩個階段。第一個階段，統治者以壓抑人性的方式，達到其追求完美權力的目的。本論文第一章主要探討政府如何以外部生活操控百姓的行動和思想：如粗劣的物質生活、淨化頭腦的「新語」、選擇性的國家歷史和個人記憶、以及貧乏的知識等。第二章則深論在位者如何從內部生活剝奪人民保有人性的能力：如敵對的親子關係、以生殖為前提的婚姻與性生活、以及無所不在的監控系統等。第三章中我們可以看出，在如此冷酷無情與機械化的控制下，不但飽受折磨的「黨員」變成沒有思想的空殼，就連野心勃勃的「黨」也逃不過被貶為沒有靈魂的機器人的命運，而這正是第二階段人性貶抑的結果。此外，文中擁有高科技與高效率的超級強國－「大洋國」，其無敵強權其實只是幻象；所謂的「理想國」實際上是個毫無人性的機械城，更是可怕的人間煉獄。

The aim of my thesis is to argue that reduction in Nineteen Eighty-Four has two stages. In the first stage, reduction is a terrible means for the Party to pursue absolute power. Chapter One discusses how the government reduces the public life of Outer Party members, in terms of poor material life, restricted language, chosen history, and limited knowledge. Chapter Two centers on the dehumanization of private life of citizens, especially on hostile family relationships, barren marriage life, the loss of joy in sex, and twenty-four-hour surveillance. However, with merciless and mechanical control, both the ruled and the rulers are reduced to soulless and heartless automatons, which is how the second-staged reduction shows itself, and which is my focus in Chapter Three. And Oceania, a seeming Utopia with the mask of high technology and efficiency, is but an act of imagination, a ruthless world of mechanism, and an earthy hell.

Introduction
Chapter One－Reduction in Public Life
Chapter Two－Reduction in Private Life
Chapter Three－Oceania as a Mechanical World
Conclusion
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