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S/P/501. The theme of surveillance in Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Keesey

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2011
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This paper discusses the concept of looking and surveillance in Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Keesey. Both novels are discussed in relation to Michel Foucault’s essay, Panoptimism (1975), which discusses how surveillance can be a means of obtaining power.

 

KEYWORDS: Looking, surveillance, Nineteen Eighty Four, George Orwell, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Keesey, Michel Foucault’s, Panoptimis, power,

 
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