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The Dissertation About The Deep Impliction Of The Fantastic Genre Stories In The Short Fictions Of Isaac Bashevis Singer

Posted on:2007-12-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X N MaFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360182998272Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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In a long period,the creation of the American famous Jewish wirter Isaac Bashevis Singerhad aroused the special attention of the world literature criticism field.It is not just because hewon the Nobel Prize in 1978,most importantly,it lies on his special graphic feature ,origin , theculture tradion of Poland and the circumstances of all mankind should be faced which wereembodied in his works.If Singer's works of long fictions are the magnificent reflection of the East Europe Jewishsociety and life,then his short stories and novels describe a series of pictures of Jewish life.Singer's works of short fictions seldom describe the great affairs and exciting scenes,his shortfictions always put forword some little scenes and episodes of the Jewish life .He masters inputting the deep feelings of the writer into the scenes and made the readers produce the sameemotional experience.But now we do not put the emphasis on the research of Singer's shortfictions ,we should try to explore the profound connotation and significance in his shortfictions.The Jews are wondering the problem of their beliefs when they suffering from the realityof the world.If the God they believe can take them away from the distress?when the Jewshesitate and waver between the tradition and renewal ,the demon appear.The demon act as thetouchstone of Jewish belief in God Just because the demons step into the Jews life ,the demonhave chance to understand the bottom of the Jewish heart..That is to say that the demon atfirst help Jews to realize their wishes and meet their demands,and then they attempt to buyover the souls of Jews.At the end the demon lead us into the inner world of Jews and attempto analyse the reasons of their wavering and doubt in their belief. Based on the comprehensive survey of the works of Isaac Bashevis Singer,the writerstill put the focus on how to keep the faith in God and preserve the fine Jewish traditions.Hisworks of short fiction express the parodox views of the maintenance of the traditional religionor doubt ,puzzle.It not only confirm the redemption value of Jewish religion,but also appearsthe trends that the taditional religion now faced with the suspicion and challenge.Theappearance of demon and ghosts weaken the effect of the conflictsin culture.However,theemphasis is still on the selection of maintenance and desertion of the traditional value.Inshort ,his works not only reflect the preposterous feature of Jewish nation,but also present thepractical task of culture changes and preservation of tradition.
Keywords/Search Tags:demon, Jewishness, belief and doubt, return and redemption
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