死亡与友谊-存在主义视角下的《拉维尔斯坦》_英语论文

Death and Friendship: A Perspective from Existentialism on Ravelstein 

摘要

存在主义理论是西方影响深远的一种非理性思潮，深刻影响了二十世纪下半页的西方世界的文学艺术等领域。索尔·贝娄是著名的受存在主义影响的作家，他的作品《拉维尔斯坦》是一部内涵深厚的小说。小说对死亡、友情等主题作了深刻探讨，本文从存在主义角度来理解小说中有关死亡和友谊的主题，揭示了主人公行为的存在主义动机。本文共分两个部分。第一部分探讨了存在主义的死亡哲学和主人公面对死亡的存在主义背景，第二部分探讨了存在主义视角下主人公的友情，本文从存在主义角度对小说《拉维尔斯坦》来解读，希望抛砖引玉，共同对小说进行深入地挖掘。

关键词：存在主义；死亡；友谊；拉维尔斯坦

Abstract

Existentialism is an irrational trend which deeply influences western world. It profoundly influenced the literature and art of the western world in the second half of the twentieth century. Saul Bellow is a famous writer influenced by existentialism, and his work Ravelstein is a profound novel. The novel explores the theme of death, friendship and other themes. This paper study the death and friendship themes under the perspective of existentialism, and reveals the existential motive of the hero's behavior. This paper is divided into two parts. The first part explores the existentialism philosophy of death and the existentialism background of the protagonist in the face of death, and the second part explores the friendship of the protagonists from the perspective of existentialism. This article explores the novel Ravelstein from the perspective of existentialism, hoping to attract more people to study this novel.

Key Words: existentialism; death; friendship; Ravelstein

Contents

Acknowledgements

摘要 i

Abstract ii

Introduction 1

Chapter I Death Theme in Ravelstein 5

1.1 The Perspective from Existentialism on Death 5

1.2 Ravelstein: Being-toward-death 7

1.3 Chick: A Near-death Experiencer 8

Chapter II Friendship Theme in Ravelstein 10

2.1 The Perspective from Existentialism on Friendship 10

2.2 Friendship: Between Chick and Ravelstein 11

Conclusion 13

Bibliography 13