Who wrote the dystopian novel Nineteen- Eighty-Four in which Newspeak demonstrates the heightened linguistic selfconsciousness of modernist writers ?
Correct answer: A. George Orwell
- A. George Orwell
- B. Virginia Woolf
- C. Evelyn Waugh
- D. Orson Wells
Explanation
George Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four, whose controlled language of Newspeak shows how language can shape thought and expose ideological power. Virginia Woolf and Evelyn Waugh were major writers, but neither wrote this dystopian novel.
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