The Study Of Yourcenar From The Perspective Of Cosmopolitanism

The cosmopolitan thought with a long history and rich connotation has been fully revived in the context of contemporary globalization,covering many fields such as philosophy,politics,sociology,and international relations,and has become a key word in cultural and literary criticism.Cosmopolitanism in the perspective of literary criticism,based on the cultural standpoint of the writer’s work,conducts research on the writer’s attitude toward the other,cultural otherness,and major issues in the world.It is an investigation into the writer’s cultural outlook,world outlook,and values,and there is less artistic aesthetic analysis in literary texts.As the first female academician in the history of the French Academy for more than 300 years,Marguerite Yourcenar is well-known in the French literary world for her unique literary creations.Her novels use history as the material to question reality,and mythology as the basis to pursue eternity.Her works have both the vicissitudes of history and the universal nature of myths.The uniqueness of his novels is that they not only have the spiritual tradition of Western European classical culture internally,but also have oriental impressions represented by China,India,and Japan.In their literary works,the Eastern and Western cultures talked and merged with each other in an attitude of no distinction between high and low,thus presenting a beautiful picture of the harmonious coexistence of the world’s diverse cultures.Observing these characteristics from the perspective of cosmopolitanism,you can discover the distinctive cosmopolitan connotation of Yourcenar’s works.Through further investigation and research,combined with the contemporary context and life experience of the writer himself,it is further proved that Yourcenar’s cosmopolitan thinking is mainly embodied in the following four aspects:First,cosmopolitanism treats people from different nationalities and different cultures as equal and independent individuals,and believes that they deserve the same respect and treatment,reflecting the care for the existence of human life.The main line of Yourcenar’s life creation is the thinking about human existence and the fundamental destiny of mankind.These reflections are concretely presented in the works represented by "Hadrian’s Memoirs" and "Abyss";Secondly,on the issue of cultural otherness,cosmopolitanism advocates entering into the cultural context of otherness from an objective and unbiased perspective,advocating free and equal cultural exchanges and cultural appreciation from the heart.Yousenal mainly expressed his own recognition and acceptance of cultural otherness through "The Escape of Wangfo" and "Twilight Love";Third,cosmopolitanism can not only relativize one’s own culture,but also be aware of the limitations of one’s own culture,so that it can open-minded and integrate the other’s culture with one’s own culture.Yourcenar expressed his vision of the harmonious coexistence of different cultures of human beings through stories such as "The Beheaded Goddess Gary" and "Notre Dame Swallows";Finally,Yourcenar herself is a cosmopolitan.Through her autobiographical works,she constructed her identity as a“rooted”world citizen,and at the same time actively intervened in reality as an actor,and became a world citizen in a practical sense,in order to defend the rights of ethnic minorities,protect the ecological environment,and oppose extreme ideologies.Wait for action to contribute one’s own strength.Yourcenar’s cosmopolitan thinking is not limited to the construction of literary narratives but is embodied as actions in real life.In this sense,she is a writer with a true sense of cosmopolitanism.In the contemporary society where globalization develops deeply,different cultures collide with each other,and local issues have global significance,studying Yourcenar’s cosmopolitanism will provide useful literary inspiration for the ideal of building an open,inclusive,democratic and harmonious world.