LANGUAGE, IDEOLOGY, AND POWER IN GEORGE ORWELL'S ANIMAL FARM

This study examines the relationship between language, ideology, and power in George Orwell’s Animal Farm using the theoretical framework of Critical Discourse Analysis. The research investigates how linguistic strategies are employed by dominant characters to establish and maintain political authority. Through qualitative textual analysis of slogans, speeches, narrative discourse, and manipulated commandments, the findings reveal that language functions as an ideological instrument that legitimizes inequality and suppresses resistance. The study demonstrates that Orwell deliberately exposes how political power is constructed and sustained through discourse rather than force. The article contributes to literary linguistics by highlighting the central role of language in ideological domination.