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Module C: The Craft of Writing Prose Non Fiction
Overview - First published in 1946, the essay presents a forceful argument about the relationship between language and thought. Various excerpts and examples are dissected to illustrate the dishonesty that lies at the heart of political rhetoric and good and bad elements of writing style.
merit and cultural experience- As a highly regarded and influential British novelist and essayist of the twentieth century, the Orwell Prize for political writing and the Orwell Award for critical analysis of public discourse are named in honour of George Orwell.
Suggested source - Orwell, George George Orwell: Essays Penguin, 2000 ISBN: 9780141183060
George Orwell
George Orwell
Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language — so the argument runs — must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes..........................................................
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