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Modern Alternative - "Underground" Image Inquiry

Posted on:2014-08-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:F F LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2265330425967358Subject:Comparative Literature and the World Literature
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Mr Fyodor sinisa mihajlovic, Dostoevsky (1821-1881) for the first time in the novella"Notes from the Underground" clearly pointed out the word " The underground man".Thisimage caused a lot of controversy and he endless variety of different comments, as it comesout.Kafka’s "Hole in the ground" to be known as the offspring of " the underground man", and,the modern writers Vladimir Semyon Ivanovich Ma Kaning "Basement people, orcontemporary heroes" also appeared in "The underground man"."The ’Underground man’name has been in the vocabulary of modern cultural consciousness. This character has toHamlet, can DE, don Juan and Faust is same with the prototype of a great literary creationunique symbol of status." The position of " Underground man " is so important, and what istheir inner spiritual essence? How did this group appear, and where is their value? The abovequestions will form the center of the ideaThe author believes that "underground" is not only the people who live in the edge of themainstream society, but also some out of the mainstream ideology and the power "the underground". Since the ancient Greek and Roman, rational has an important position in people’s minds. After the Renaissance, especially the enlightenment of rationality of the young, in the minds of westerners, the reason is that people are the fundamental, is the source of scientific knowledge and moral norms and guarantee, and consider the development of the society is the process of rationalization."Underground", however, boldly question reason, he thinks that human life is not lack of no rational to decide everything. Ideal kingdom of "rational" will not come, only by people, the will, nature will bring human society vitality and vigor."Underground" is lonely, the onlookers outside the communities, they use alternative vision to look at the mainstream of society.In real life and literary text there is the figure of "underground". Kafka is considered "thefather of modernism of a person’s first living specimens", he himself is often offered to become a rat man in the "holes". Literary texts in the "underground man" have traded actively, alone and hide the shabby little house on the edge of the city of the basement (the basement’s handbook);The pit master (" holes ") worked tirelessly to hiding beneath the surface. Ivan matt denki (" crocodile ") thought life due to unexpected events into crocodile;, Monday’s line (the stranger) faced death due to homicide; According to the theory of the killing, Russ cole nico had torment (" crime and punishment "); There is pressure from life, but to a large beetle Gerrygore (such as "the metamorphosis"). The spirit of the "underground man" special world determines its own unique way of life, namely the external lifestyle choices--went underground, isolated; Inner protests–there exists such problems as for rationality, freedom and individual thinking. It is not only very profound, but with humanitarian concern. This article digs the "underground man" spirit connotation, aiming to explore the meaning of this group. That’s to say, the "underground man" contrasts the real existence of modern people with a unique way of life.
Keywords/Search Tags:The underground man, Sense of presence, Individual freedom
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