摘要

《香水》 (Perfume) 是当代著名德国作家帕特里克·聚斯金德的代表作。小说叙述了一个具有嗅觉天赋却天生缺失体味的社会底层人物格雷诺耶通过谋杀二十五个少女制造出旷世香水的故事。本文将从存在主义的角度出发，首先对作者及《香水》作了简要的介绍，继而从格雷诺耶自我存在主义的觉醒、怀疑和追求，最后他对自我存在的验证和否定，对其一生中不同时期的自我存在意识的不同表现进行了阐释，从而表明了作者对社会底层人民的关注和对他们生存困境的思考。

关键词: 帕特里克·聚斯金德；《香水》；存在主义；自我存在 

Contents

1． Introduction .1

2． Demonstration 2

2.1 Grenouille’s awakening of self-existence 2

2.1.1 Attraction of the red-haired girl’s sweet smell 2

2.1.2 Awareness of his acute sense of smell 4

2.2 Grenouille’s doubt and pursuit of self- existence 5 

2.2.1 Disgust of human smell and start of cave life 5

2.2.2 Consciousness of his absence of body odour 6

2.2.3 Return to the human world 7

2.3 Grenouille’s verification and complete negation of self-existence 7

2.3.1 The making of a rare perfume by killing 25 girls………………………………7

2.3.2 Escape from execution due to the perfume 8

2.3.3 Choice of suicide because of his failure in verification 9

3． Conclusion 10

Works Cited 11

Bibliography 12