George Orwell is most widely known as the teller of dystopian tales of oppression. A closer look at his oeuvre reveals a courageous truth seeker who frequently lived and worked with his literary subjects. In his fieldwork he used the methods of classic ethnography including participant observation, semi-structured interviews and field notes. This article argues that Orwell was an ethnographer in his research methods and that both Down and Out in Paris and London and The Road to Wigan Pier are ethnographic texts with valuable insights into marginal groups in the early to mid-twentieth century in Europe. The writer’s clear-sighted and humane depiction of ‘otherness’ shows his skill as an ethnographer. His personal investment with his subject matter, reflexivity and attention to broader social and political phenomena in his narratives mark Orwell as an autoethnographer.

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乔治·奥威尔的经验民族志：通往威根码头和巴黎和伦敦的往返之路

乔治奥威尔最广为人知的是讲述反乌托邦压迫故事的讲述者。仔细观察他的作品，就会发现他是一位勇敢的真理探索者，他经常与他的文学主题一起生活和工作。在他的田野调查中，他使用了经典的民族志方法，包括参与观察、半结构化访谈和田野笔记。本文认为，奥威尔在他的研究方法上是一位民族志学者，《巴黎和伦敦的下落》和《通往威根码头的路》都是对 20 世纪早期至中期欧洲边缘群体具有宝贵洞察力的民族志文本。作者对“他者”的清晰而人性化的描绘显示了他作为民族志学者的技巧。他对题材的个人投资，