Pain In The Warm

Chi Zi-jian, dubbed as “Daughter of Polar”, keeps attentive eyes to home land and water, folktradition, daily life of folk people. In a specific style and personal charm, she describes people’s joy, anger,sorrow and pleasure, and pursues the truth, virtue and beauty of personality; meanwhile, she reveals alsothe dark side–the ugliness of personality, and irrationality in society and complex interpersonal relations.Chi Zi-jian’s description of human’s existence and emotions, indistinctly or distinctly, reflects theExistentialism. This thesis attempts to interpret Chi Zi-jian’s novel from the perspective of Existentialism,brings into light of the hidden feature of existentialism inside the novels, and indicates the difference ortranscendence of her creative thought over Existentialism.The Introduction of this thesis starts with the works of Chi Zi-jian and introduces the topic ofExistentialism, reviews the current status of research into Chi Zi-jian, and indicates the significance ofinterpreting Chi Zi-jian from the perspective of Existentialism. The thesis falls into three chapters:Chapter1explores the relations between Chi Zi-jian and the Existentialism. The edification of thetimes, the nurture of eastern and western culture, and the gift of life experience, all contribute the influenceof Existentialism to Chi Zi-jian’s literature works.Chapter2analyzes the features of existentialism in Chi Zi-jian’s novels. From the research perspectiveof the Existentialism and wording structure, this chapter analyzes the text on the level of the absurdity ofworld, the hell of other people, and the freedom of choice, and presents in Chi Zi-jian’s literature works theabsurdity of world, the pains suffered by the people: the pains coming from other people, from the society,from the birth and death, and choices made when faced in the situation of absurdities or nausea.Chapter3indicates the Chi Zi-jian’s transcendence over existentialism. Chi Zi-jian’s literaturecreative thought transcends the existentialism in two aspects: an end-all and personal beauty everywhere.“Sadly” however not “desperately”, she writes in a way that people see the light and good, and those insuffer see the hope in life.Chi Zi-jian’s works don’t rest on the brutal and bitter in society and life, nor sit aside the life of thecharacters, instead, in an affectionate manner, the works present the truth, virtue and beauty in personality, arouse people’s pursuit of good life, care about everything with sympathy and mercy, drive away thedarkness by warm light of humanity.