@misc{Chen, author = {Chen, Ying}, title = {An Analysis of Jim's Pursuit of Freedom in >Lucky Jim< from the Perspective of Fromm's Freedom Theory, Master thesis, World Literature, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, Liaoning, China 2022 [application of Fromm's theories to art].}, abstract = {While Kingsley Amis's novel >Lucky Jim< shows the anger and disillusionment of 1950s British youth, it also contains Amis's still-positive attitude towards British young people like himself who are in a predicament. Focusing on the two core concepts of Fromm's theory of freedom, negative freedom and positive freedom, written within the same historical period as Kingsley Amis's >Lucky Jim< (1954) and Jim's transcendence from negative freedom to positive freedom as the research object, this thesis deeply interprets the disillusionment, awakening and self-reconstruction in Jim's journey to true freedom.- The study found that: the social culture, hypocritical academic environment, weird interpersonal relationships, and the fettered and immature personality of Jim himself all induce him to pursue a negative freedom through by escaping responsibility and rebelling against middle-class culture and social traditions traditionally enjoyed by postwar capitalist society. However, these radical actions, which Fromm called >negative freedom<, did not bring Jim spiritual relief, but brought him alienation and disillusion. The alienation and disillusion brought about by Jim's pursuit of negative freedom, which makes Jim wake up from his negative freedom and seek a new way of freedom. Ultimately, Jim's pursuing for freedom transforms from negative freedom to positive freedom through spontaneous love for Christine and a series of creative activities to regain his true self and a sense of belonging. This self-reconstruction gives Jim the courage to face his destiny and choose to reconnect with the outside world and enjoy healthy human relationships. And with the favorable changes of the external political, economic and cultural environment, Jim finally frees himself from the sufferings of his negative freedom, and finds the true path to positive freedom. This study attempts to show that neither avoiding responsibility nor seeking one's psychological escape through rebellion can solve the survival dilemma suffered under the influence of negative freedom. And only when we can live and love spontaneously in a positive way, and actively establish a close connection with the world, can we get out of the predicament and obtain true freedom. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 5/2023]}, language = {zh} }