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An Analysis of the Characters’ Predicament in Self-pursuit under Alienation Theory in >The Lowland< [异化理论视阈下《低地》中人物自我追寻的困境解读], Master thesis, English Language and Literature, Dalian University of Foreign Languages, Dalian, Liaoning, China 2019 [application of Fromm's theories to art].

  • 裘帕•拉希莉于2000年获普利策奖,是当代美国文坛最具潜力的作家之一。她的小说以描绘美国普通移民的生活而著称,贯穿其中的主题尤为引人深思。《低地》是移民故事的典型代表,拉希莉在此对现代人们的生存境况进行了崭新探索。本文以艾里希•弗罗姆的异化理论为理论基础,从社会异化、人际关系异化和自我疏远三方面考察《低地》中的人物在自我追寻时遭遇的困境。在《低地》中,人物的自我追寻首先受到来自社会异化的阻挠。在资本主义的社会背景下,小说中的人物必须像祈祷者崇拜上帝一样向国家和社会规范屈服,被迫将主导权转交他人手中,也因此丧失了自我追寻的能力。除此之外,来自人际关系中的异化同样影响着人物的自我追寻。在不同的人际关系中,他们需要扮演不同角色,而这些角色又往往不能与梦想中的自我吻合。因此在遵从内心意愿和服从社会规约的两难选择中,人物迷失了自我,失去追寻真我的方向。最后,人物在与内心诉求和外在要求的角力中变得无力,导致对自我及外部世界的漠然,无法成就梦想中的自我,自我追寻因而陷入困境,遥遥无期。拉希莉细致描绘出人物在社会异化、人际关系异化和自我疏远的影响下自我追寻所遭遇的困境,充分体现拉希莉对人类的生存窘境及真我建构中的艰难处境的深刻洞悉,对于当下人们的自我建构与道路选择提供重要导引。
  • Jhumpa Lahin, the Pulitzer Prize winner in 2000, is one of the promising new talents in contemporary American literary world. She is famous for depicting the life story of ordinary immigrants and perfectly infusing the story with thought-provoking themes. >The Lowland< (2008), a typical story of immigrants, is Lahiri’s newest practice on the situation of modern people’s lives. This thesis, on the basis of Erich Fromm’s explanation of alienation theory, tries to explore the characters’ predicament of self-pursuit as a result of social alienation, the alienation in interpersonal relations and self-estrangement.– In >The Lowland<, the characters’ self-pursuit is first prevented by social alienation. Under the background of capitalist society, man has to be submissive to the state and social norms. In doing so, the characters hands over the dominance of their own lives to others, and thus lose the power to achieve self-pursuit. Moreover, the alienation from interpersonal relations also exerts effects on the characters’ self-pursuit. In different interpersonal relations, the characters have to play different roles, which are often against what they really want to be. So the choice between fulfillment of inner desires and conformity to outer demands often confuses the characters, leading them to a directionless journey of self-pursuit. Last but not least, the characters’ powerlessness in their wrestling with the internal and external forces blocks their way to self-pursuit. Falling into irrational passions, they feel powerless while trying to control their own lives, and finally become indifferent to themselves and the world.– Lahiri meticulously depicts the difficulties that the characters in The Lowland have encountered in their self-pursuit resulted from social alienation, the alienation in inter-personal relations and self-estrangement. It fully shows Lahiri’s deep insight into human existential dilemma as well as their awkward predicament on the journey of fulfilling a real self, which is of great significance for people today to have a reflection on what to be and where to go. [Author’s translation]

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Author:Tong Sha
Document Type:Dissertations
Language:Chinese
Year of first Publication:2019
Release Date:2020/11/03
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IdNo:Sha_Tong_2019
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Dissertations / Dissertationen
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