An Analysis Of The Subjectivity Of The <1984> Novel Characters’ Construction Of The Other

“1984” is the most representative novel of Orwell George. This work attracted much attention of readers and researchers from the beginning of the birth. Western studies started earlier, and significantly ahead of domestic research, not only in the breadth, depth, methods, but also in the primary data. Domestic research started relatively late, not until 1985 did the first Chinese version officially published. Domestic research is lagging behind. There is a considerable gap and insufficiency in domestic research. In terms of published papers, most papers focus on political and totalitarian critical point of view. While domestic research has made some achievements, but the study of “1984” is far from comprehensive and in-depth, especially in cultural studies, psychological criticism, interdisciplinary research, there are still blind spot and weak points, and few people dabbled in the issues related to these problems. Based on the above thinking, this article from a new perspective---Lacan’s subject theory, to analysis the otherness construction of the protagonist Winston’s subjectivity, to explore Orwell’s consideration about human’s existence dilemma and the subjectivity that behind the “anti totalitarian” theme of “1984”.This paper, taking the protagonist Winston Smith of “1984”as the research object, from the perspective of Lacan’s subject theory, in the forms of text close reading, as well as the literature research method and idea of cross disciplinary integration, to analyze Orwell’s philosophical thinking onhuman living conditions the shaping of the characters. The main body of the paper is divided into two parts. The first part combs and discusses Lacan’s Subject Concept and its three dimensions: unconscious speech subject, language signifier subject, other’s desire subject. First compare the differences between Lacan’s subjects concept with the traditional ones, and then detailed analysis the subjects’ characteristics of three dimensions, so as to establish a system of Lacan’s concept of subject.In the second part, on the basis of Lacan’s Subject Theory, to explore Winston and Other “mother”’s Mirror Identity relationship in the Imagination Order and Winston and the Other “father”’s Symbolic Identity relationship in the Symbolic Order. This part starts with the relationship between the Subject and the Other, and analyzes the Ternary Relation of parents and children. It focuses on Winston’s dreams and the “abnormal” relationship between Winston and O’Brien, by showing the details of Winston’s dreams and discussions on the “special relationship” between Winston and O’Brien, to reveal the Winston’s subject is constructed by others, and the otherness characteristic of the Subject decided the subject is always split, so as to reveal the essence of subjectivity. The purpose of this paper is to reveal that Winston, as a subject, is the product of a series of identity with others, which is the real reason for Winston’s final resistance to "failure" and for personality division.In this paper, the structure of the framework is composed of Lacan’s theory of the Three Orders. With the integration of Lacan’s previous theory of the Other and his later theory of the Desire, this paper studies the subjectivity constitution of Winston Smith, the protagonist of the novel, from the two aspects of the Imaginary and the Symbolic. This paper reveals the constructive relationship between the Subject and the Other, reveals the rich connotation of “1984”, and further reveals the philosophical thinking on the nature of human and the plight of the human existence. Then further proves that “1984” is not a general anti-utopian and anti-totalitarian political prophecy novel, but is a philosophical novel which thinks about the human’s predicament.