On Absence Theme Of Marguerite Duras's Novels

Marguerite Duras is one of the most distinctive female writers of France in the twentieth century. When it comes to Duras's works, some people express hearty appreciation, and others may say these works are beyond their understanding. Duras's works are full of subversion, questioning, rebellion, violence, desire and all other shocking factors, which make readers winded, and also often stir their soul. Julia Kristeva holds that Duras suffers "the painful disease".Duras's painful trouble began from her childhood, and her mother's eccentricity and brother's violence made young Duras premature. Childhood's absence made Duras pay more attention to subject. Duras retell the story of her childhood tirelessly, by which the mental anguish can be digested through self-discourse. Due to the inevitable lack of subject, we need to make it up. Duras is stuck on the illusion which she builds up by herself, like the children are infatuated with the self-image in the mirror. Duras tries to make herself adorable. Besides, she makes great effort to pursue the acceptance of the society, namely the recognition of the father's law. When Duras expresses the mother's rebellion against the father's law, she unconsciously rebels against the law. By writing, on the one hand, Duras makes herself, on the other hand, she moves far away from the true self.Love is the constant theme of Duras's novels; however, it cannot cure the Duras's"pain". Since love cannot satisfy Duras's inner desires, it can only be close to the desires unlimitedly. Love is relative, whereas desire is absolute. That's why the fleeting desires cannot be stopped. Even marriage is powerless in front of love. Love in Duras's novels is always soul-stirring and heart-shaking. Her characters always fall in love with great passion, but eventually see it off. They are addicted to death, because it can stop love at the most beautiful moment.Duras's pain is closely related to the era she lives in. Personal pain is modest, but the pain of the era should not be ignored. Both colonization and war are the greatest sources of suffering in the 20th century. Countless people lose their lives in inhuman colonization and unjust wars, and humanness is covered by blood. The sad author, on behalf of humanness, condemns the lack in the era and reveals the sickness of the era. She calls for the destruction, because only the destruction could end up today's pain and rebuild the happy tomorrow.