The Spiritual Confusion And Remolding In The Historical Context

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960) was a master of art who possessed unique spiritual connotation of the 20th century Russian literature. By means of his rich cultural deposits and the unique creative perspective, Pasternak presented readers an epic masterpiece—Doctor Zhivago, which truly reflected the characteristic of Russian intellectual of the 20th century and became precious Spiritual Wealth."For his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition", Pasternak was named the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in October 23, 1958. In order to make a thorough inquiry about the reflection of Russian intellectuals, this paper trys to analyse their spiritual lost and remolding in the Historical context. First, Introduction of this paper summarized current research of Doctor Zhivago and explain the meaning and value of this selected theme. Second, there are four Chapters of this paper: Chapter I Russian History and the fate of intellectual in the 20thcentury, which unscrambles the very historical context reflected by Doctor Zhivago. It refers to the changes of Russian history and politics, the fate of Russian intellectual, the living condition of Pasternak in the torrent times. Chapter II The choice of fate by Russian intellectuals, specificly analyses different choices by different intellectuals, in order to prominent truly noble character of Russianintellectuals; ChapterⅢThe spiritual confusion of Russian intellectuals, analyses the basic formation of their spiritual confusion in the 20th century context of Russian History. It refers to the disjunction between reality and ideal, the tragedy of Hamlet-like character, and Zhivago-like spiritual orphan of Jew. Chapter IV The spiritual remolding of the Russian intellectuals, which profoundly analyzes the relationship among Tolstoyism, Christian faith and belief of the humanitarianism on the blue print of Doctor Zhivago`s spiritual experiences, therefore, reflects the tropism of humanitarian value of Russia in the 20th century. In summary, Doctor Zhivago is not only a classic of art but a classic of ideology. It`s an essential cultural task for modern Russian literature history by analysing the spiritual value of Doctor Zhivago.