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Anonymous Philosophy Of Life And The Fiction Of The "unknown." Art Form

Posted on:2005-12-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M LianFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360122495455Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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Based on life philosophy, guided by marxism, and used comparative literature and structuralist theories for reference, this thesis backgrounded Wu Ming Shi in the nineteen forties literature of china and investigated him through the three works selected from Nameless Book, at the aim of exploring the relation between life philosophy and the art of Nameless Book. On the grounds of the academic achievements of the foregoers, this thesis plans to probe into the subjects as follows:I How Wu Ming Shi's novels renewed and deepened the two motifs of 20th century literature of china-pursuing and surmounting?II In what way humanism was absorbed and surmounted by Wu Ming Shi's life philosophy and what the significance of poetic style and polyphony is?III How Wu Ming Shi absorbed and subverted Buddhism and Christianity and bought about the unique religious images?IV What place of Wu Ming Shi is in the 20th century literature of china? This thesis is divided into three chapters.Chapter one emphatically discusses Wu Ming Shi's life philosophy for the sake of pursuing and surmounting as well as the poetic style based on it. Optimistically and actively, Wu Ming Shi resorted to the immortal faith to realize the pursuing of life, in this sense, eventually surmounted the "nihility", which the existentialists ended up.Chapter two analyzes Wu Ming She other is the deep perception into existence itself, another is the peak experience for evil humanity. The pattern of life varies on the different phases. As a result of abundant thoughts of life and death in Nameless Book, Wu Ming Shi resorted to nothing but polyphony to convey the complexity. Hence a new relation between the author and the protagonist is established for equal dialogue and synchronically the marginal consciousness is displayed.Chapter three describes Wu Ming Shi's absorption and acceptance for religious culture as well as the religious images in the light of it. On one hand, ultimately speaking, Buddhism unintentionally agreed with his pursuing of life. The yearn for Buddha's personality and the purity of Zen , such all influenced directly his construction of religious images. On the other hand, with regard to Christian culture, Wu Ming Shi absorbed and subverted it at the same time. In this sense, a modern consciousness was reflected in the entanglement of divinity, humanity and evil spirit. Hence, from a strange aspect, the unique images were generated to express the religious sense. Wu Ming Shi concluded the spiritual adventure of Yin Di with a new cultural thinking which melted Confucianism, Buddhism and Christianity altogether. Consequently, a new faith, philosophy of universe, came into being.The conclusion, synchronically and diachronically, attempts to explore Wu Ming Shi's unique values in the 20th century literature of china and confirm his historical place.
Keywords/Search Tags:Wu Ming Shi, life philosophy, the forties
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