HIS 2078 George Orwell and the 20th Century
This course will focus on the life and work of Geoge Orwell, considered the greatest political writer of the 20th century. The main goal of the course will be to examine Orwell's response to the great moral and humanitarian issues of the age in which he lived: the injustices of imperialism, the degradations of industrial capitalism, the horrors of the totalitarian state. It will introduce students to the writings of a man whose devotion to individual freedom and defense of the vulnerable and the weak produced a moral vision that continues to inspire those committed to social justice and political responsibility.