This paper addresses the narrative construction of the moment of death as depicted in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and in Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending. Following Orr’s definition of positive influence, described as a...This paper addresses the narrative construction of the moment of death as depicted in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and in Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending. Following Orr’s definition of positive influence, described as a “site for cultural renewal”, it pursues the analysis of complexity and confluence of literary traditions in these texts. Though both Anna Karenina and The Sense of an Ending seem to insist on portraying a chronicle of struggle between a moment and a process of dying, it is nevertheless a physical moment of life ending which becomes an intensely condensed, and almost photographic, representation of the intimate, psychologically depicted, dying process. It is argued that the moment of death reveals, for instance, Anna’s unresolved internal conflict between psychological and physiological phenomena shaping human behaviour. Similarly, Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending builds upon a subtle dialogic tension between a process of psychological dying and a moment of physically conceived death. Specifically, this paper brings to light the repetitive occurence of the intense epiphanic moments which shape the thematic and the structural development of both Anna Karenina and The Sense of an Ending.展开更多
The article refers to the details of writing story Hajii Murad by the great Russian writer Lev Tolstoy. Lev Tolstoy had close friendship with Georgian writers Nino and Ilia Nakashidze. They often shared thoughts in th...The article refers to the details of writing story Hajii Murad by the great Russian writer Lev Tolstoy. Lev Tolstoy had close friendship with Georgian writers Nino and Ilia Nakashidze. They often shared thoughts in the writing of this story. The story was written during eight years. This issue will be very interesting, for Tolstoy creative people.展开更多
This paper focuses on a non-linear relationship between the course of one individual＇s life and its creative reshaping in the literary work of art as experienced in Julian Barnes＇s novel The Noise of Time. Contempla...This paper focuses on a non-linear relationship between the course of one individual＇s life and its creative reshaping in the literary work of art as experienced in Julian Barnes＇s novel The Noise of Time. Contemplating a creative process of writing, the author seems to insist on a symbiosis between art and life. Writing about Shostakovich, he goes on challenging aWs ability to deliver a clear message about life： how to put what one has experienced into words？ A creative dialogue thus established between a non-speaking, extra-linguistic, and unique self and its verbal representation in literature is built upon a relational nature of the said and the not-said. Eloquent silence is employed to transpose one＇s life experience into the realm of verbal represenation. Focusing on the limits of verbal representation, Barnes＇ character in The Noise of Time similarly strives to grasp a meaning of the relationship among language, ＂silence＂, and liberation from the self. Refiguring silence as one of the most valuable narrative devices, the text challenges the illusory nature of historical time, of historical places, and of selfhood展开更多
This philosophical letter draws logical consequences from God’s definition as “unconditional love.” These consequences cast doubt on God’s existence. If God doesn’t exist, if we are really alone, then what really...This philosophical letter draws logical consequences from God’s definition as “unconditional love.” These consequences cast doubt on God’s existence. If God doesn’t exist, if we are really alone, then what really matters is our love, wisdom, and compassion for each other.展开更多
文摘This paper addresses the narrative construction of the moment of death as depicted in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and in Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending. Following Orr’s definition of positive influence, described as a “site for cultural renewal”, it pursues the analysis of complexity and confluence of literary traditions in these texts. Though both Anna Karenina and The Sense of an Ending seem to insist on portraying a chronicle of struggle between a moment and a process of dying, it is nevertheless a physical moment of life ending which becomes an intensely condensed, and almost photographic, representation of the intimate, psychologically depicted, dying process. It is argued that the moment of death reveals, for instance, Anna’s unresolved internal conflict between psychological and physiological phenomena shaping human behaviour. Similarly, Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending builds upon a subtle dialogic tension between a process of psychological dying and a moment of physically conceived death. Specifically, this paper brings to light the repetitive occurence of the intense epiphanic moments which shape the thematic and the structural development of both Anna Karenina and The Sense of an Ending.
文摘The article refers to the details of writing story Hajii Murad by the great Russian writer Lev Tolstoy. Lev Tolstoy had close friendship with Georgian writers Nino and Ilia Nakashidze. They often shared thoughts in the writing of this story. The story was written during eight years. This issue will be very interesting, for Tolstoy creative people.
文摘This paper focuses on a non-linear relationship between the course of one individual＇s life and its creative reshaping in the literary work of art as experienced in Julian Barnes＇s novel The Noise of Time. Contemplating a creative process of writing, the author seems to insist on a symbiosis between art and life. Writing about Shostakovich, he goes on challenging aWs ability to deliver a clear message about life： how to put what one has experienced into words？ A creative dialogue thus established between a non-speaking, extra-linguistic, and unique self and its verbal representation in literature is built upon a relational nature of the said and the not-said. Eloquent silence is employed to transpose one＇s life experience into the realm of verbal represenation. Focusing on the limits of verbal representation, Barnes＇ character in The Noise of Time similarly strives to grasp a meaning of the relationship among language, ＂silence＂, and liberation from the self. Refiguring silence as one of the most valuable narrative devices, the text challenges the illusory nature of historical time, of historical places, and of selfhood
文摘This philosophical letter draws logical consequences from God’s definition as “unconditional love.” These consequences cast doubt on God’s existence. If God doesn’t exist, if we are really alone, then what really matters is our love, wisdom, and compassion for each other.
