The Study Of Maternal Love Theme In Albert Camus's Works

In the works of Camus,it highlights the mother's image as a lover,the image of this love carries a number of important philosophical propositions of Camus,but this image is often overlooked and past research has also been fragmented.Therefore,this article focuses on a systematic discussion of the theme of maternal love in Camus' s works,it mainly discusses the three different types of mothers' love in his works,thus can make a more comprehensive analysis of Camus' s thought.The first chapter of the dissertation analyzes the irrational love of mothers to their children,the more selfless the mother's love for her children,the more extreme the way the mother expresses her love,and the more sorrowful the result.During this process,there is a contradiction between the irrational subjective presupposition of the mother and objective reality,so instead of bringing happiness to their children,this kind of love has created both the nihility of the mother's own life and the deeper pain of her children.The mother's understanding of the restoration of reason is based on the death of her children,therefore,this love itself has a tragic meaning.when irrational love brings children into an extremely chaotic and disorderly state,the second chapter mainly discusses another form of love: the love of order.This kind of love manifests itself in the re-establishment of a lifelike norm for the children,and is also actually a kind of courage to face the absurdity.But the love of order,when it reaches a certain extreme situation,it will produces another level of autocracy,and in the name of love and care,this autocracy gradually being rationalized,thus the individual's state of life is also characterized by simplification and mechanization,and the freedom and happiness of man have been dissolved here.In the third chapter,holy love emphasizes the advanced order of love,which is mainly manifested in the spiritual aspects.Mother's silence and gentleness is a symbol of love's temperance and balance of power,which is the opposite of extreme state,so this chapterdiscusses the mother as a symbol of faith.Mothers can give her children the power to go on in spirit,and she can help others with a non-religious compassion.The love expressed by mother is an attempt to build a effective communication between people at the spiritual level,thus to establish a ideal harmonious relationship of human.The different levels of maternal love that Camus expressed in his works,clarifying the different values and meanings of love in the shaping of human nature.This is the expression of Camus' s philosophical thinking,and it's his reflection on modern civilization.In the opinion of Camus,the real power of maternal love stems from a kind of restraint,and this view is still significant for today's society.