Based on ethical literary criticism,this paper aims to analyze the factors contributing to Stevens’loss of ethical identity.It contends that distorted ethical relationships are the primary driver behind Stevens’s et...Based on ethical literary criticism,this paper aims to analyze the factors contributing to Stevens’loss of ethical identity.It contends that distorted ethical relationships are the primary driver behind Stevens’s ethical identity dilemma,which includes the abnormal father-son relationship,Stevens’s blind admiration for his master,and his avoidance of Miss Kenton’s feelings.展开更多
On the Road,written by Jack Kerouac,thoroughly illustrates youngsters’pursuit of individuality and freedom after the second world war.In the novel,character Dean Moriarty shows his discontent and rebellion to that fu...On the Road,written by Jack Kerouac,thoroughly illustrates youngsters’pursuit of individuality and freedom after the second world war.In the novel,character Dean Moriarty shows his discontent and rebellion to that full-of-restraints society through his journeys and many mad behaviors.Textual analysis and exemplification with combination of historical background will be used to interpret Dean’s ethical identity.Dean wants to break away from the restraints,which granted by ethical identities,and search for a authentic life.However,each one of his journeys ends up with coming back to his former life,which indicates his compromise to social reality.Though Dean isn’t truly out of that consumption-oriented society,his braveness to express his discontent and rebellion inspires many people to take on their own roads and show their individuality.展开更多
The Guiltless is Hermann Broch’s last novel,and it is also a work that embodies Broch’s literary and artistic view.The novel takes place in a period of social and historical change,and the conflict between the old a...The Guiltless is Hermann Broch’s last novel,and it is also a work that embodies Broch’s literary and artistic view.The novel takes place in a period of social and historical change,and the conflict between the old and the new ethical relations leads to the confusion of the ethical relations,which causes the relationship between the characters to become distorted.This paper tries to analyze the relationship between Baroness W and her family from the perspective of Ethical Literary Criticism in aspects of ethical environment,ethical selection and ethical identity.It reveals that in the period of social and historical change,in the environment of social ethics disorder,the distorted ethical selection of characters and the loss of ethical identity.Hermann Broch attempts to arouse readers’ethical reflection by depicting such an era and such characters.展开更多
文摘Based on ethical literary criticism,this paper aims to analyze the factors contributing to Stevens’loss of ethical identity.It contends that distorted ethical relationships are the primary driver behind Stevens’s ethical identity dilemma,which includes the abnormal father-son relationship,Stevens’s blind admiration for his master,and his avoidance of Miss Kenton’s feelings.
文摘On the Road,written by Jack Kerouac,thoroughly illustrates youngsters’pursuit of individuality and freedom after the second world war.In the novel,character Dean Moriarty shows his discontent and rebellion to that full-of-restraints society through his journeys and many mad behaviors.Textual analysis and exemplification with combination of historical background will be used to interpret Dean’s ethical identity.Dean wants to break away from the restraints,which granted by ethical identities,and search for a authentic life.However,each one of his journeys ends up with coming back to his former life,which indicates his compromise to social reality.Though Dean isn’t truly out of that consumption-oriented society,his braveness to express his discontent and rebellion inspires many people to take on their own roads and show their individuality.
文摘The Guiltless is Hermann Broch’s last novel,and it is also a work that embodies Broch’s literary and artistic view.The novel takes place in a period of social and historical change,and the conflict between the old and the new ethical relations leads to the confusion of the ethical relations,which causes the relationship between the characters to become distorted.This paper tries to analyze the relationship between Baroness W and her family from the perspective of Ethical Literary Criticism in aspects of ethical environment,ethical selection and ethical identity.It reveals that in the period of social and historical change,in the environment of social ethics disorder,the distorted ethical selection of characters and the loss of ethical identity.Hermann Broch attempts to arouse readers’ethical reflection by depicting such an era and such characters.
