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Frames of Control: Language and Thought in Orwell’s Illustrated Dystopia

Author(s) Devika Panikar
Country India
Abstract This paper analyses the graphic novel adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 through visualising the theme of linguistic and cognitive control mechanisms. The study examines the effect of visual narration for Orwell's totalitarianism analysis through Frames of Control: Language and Thought in Orwell’s Illustrated Dystopia.

The paper analyses Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 through ten main thematic frames such as the Newspeak visualisation, censorship as art, surveillance depiction, isolation through thought, graphic reinforcement, reality destruction, contradiction in imagery, facial expressions and body language, muted language and colour, and typography as expression. This analysis focus on dissecting Orwellian linguistic dystopia and demonstrating how Fido Nesti translates these elements into graphical illustrations in his adaptation. The study utilises theories of Roland Barthes and Scott McCloud and Susan Sontag to analyse visual elements in the graphic novel through multimodal discourse analysis and proves graphic novels are ideal for interpreting Orwell's political thought.

A qualitative close reading of specific panels and text will show how visual elements strengthen the methods of control thus enabling Orwell's predictions to better connect with present-day readership. The adaptation converts words of oppression into images which deepens both the psychological dynamics of fear along with submission and revolt. The analysis tries to show that graphic novels conserve Orwell's intellectual ideas and introduce new analytical dimensions to his conceptual framework through visual storytelling.
Keywords George Orwell, Fido Nesti, 1984, Newspeak, Thought Control, Graphic Reinforcement, Typography
Field Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In Volume 7, Issue 5, September-October 2025
Published On 2025-09-22
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i05.56062
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