Modern People’s Living Predicaments: A Neo-psychoanalytical Study on >The Children Act< [现代人的生存困境:新精神分析视角下的《儿童法案》研究], Master thesis, English Language and Literature, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China 2018 [application of Fromm's theories to art].

  • 伊恩•麦克尤恩是当代英国文坛久负盛名的小说家,受到国内外学术界的广泛关注。《儿童法案》作为麦克尤恩的第十四部小说,讲述了囿于婚姻、职业、精神困境中的主人公们的斗争与抉择,探讨了性欲与爱的关系,法律与宗教的冲突,儿童福祉的保护与法官的职责,自由的两面性等多重问题。本文借助弗洛伊德经典精神分析中的重要概念,以弗罗姆的新精神分析作为理论框架,透过细致的文本分析,揭露现代人荒原般的生存困境,现代人在真爱缺失,个体方向感缺失以及消极自由危机中的反思与觉悟,以及作家对爱情本真的呼唤,对个体走出困境,找寻归宿,实现自我价值的理性建议和美好期许。本论文共包括五个章节:第一章是对作家及其作品、已有的研究成果、所运用的文学理论、论文的意义及主题的介绍,确定了整篇论文的理论框架与结构。第二章到第四章是论文的主体部分。论文第二章深入分析性欲与爱的关系,现代人病态畸形的婚恋观,阐述麦克尤恩对当代社会普遍真爱危机背后深层原因的思考。论文第三章通过女主人公菲奥娜曾经审判过的三个案例,分析时代背景下法律与宗教,世俗与信仰的严峻冲突,以及个体如何在困境中迷失方向,逐步沦为理性的工具。论文第四章剖析小说关键人物亚当的精神探索及毁灭之旅,探讨自由的两面性及消极自由的典型逃避机制。第五章是整篇论文的结语。在对论文主体部分的分析概括上得出结论:《儿童法案》是伊恩•麦克尤恩书写现代人生存困境的又一成功实践;通过聚焦女性大法官这个独特的职业身份,麦克尤恩深入剖析时代病症的根源并指明走出困境的方向。《儿童法案》对现代人生存状态的反思与反观具有当下性与现实意义,该作品生动鲜明地体现了作家强烈的社会责任感。
  • Ian McEwan, the prestigious contemporary British writer, has been attracting worldwide critical acclaim for a long time. His fourteenth novel >The Children Act< tells the story of main characters’ struggles and choices when trapped in marital, professional and spiritual dilemmas, exploring the multi-topics of the relationship between sexuality and love, the conflicts between law and religion, the protection of children’s welfare and the limitations of judges’ responsibilities, and the paradox of freedom. Based on Fromm’s new psychoanalysis, and with some of the important concepts of Freud’s classical psychoanalysis, this paper reveals the living predicaments encountered by modern people in the western world and demonstrates Ian McEwan’s reflections on wasteland-like social surroundings, appeal for the return of true love and expectations for individuals exploring a way out and achieving self-realization. This thesis is composed of five chapters. Chapter One includes the introduction to the author and his works, the previous research findings, the theoretical framework and the significance and structure of this thesis. Chapter Two probes deeper into the relationship between sexuality and love, expounds McEwan’s views on the malformation of modern people’s marital values and the root causes of the prevailing love crisis among the society. Through a thorough analysis of the three cases presided by Fiona, Chapter Three demonstrates the conflicts between law and religion, elucidating how individuals degenerate into the tool of rationality and self-serving and eventually become disoriented under contemporary social and cultural context. By focusing on Adam’s spiritual journey to self-destruction, Chapter Four explores the paradox of freedom and the typical escaping mechanism of negative freedom. Chapter Five is the conclusion, which indicates that by giving voice to a female judge, The Children Act is Ian McEwan’s another success in the writing of contemporary living predicaments, profoundly analyzing the maladies affecting modern people. McEwan’s The Children Act has its present and practical significance, clearly showing the writer’s intense sense of social responsibilities. [Author’s translation]

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Author:Ting Tang
Document Type:Dissertations
Language:Chinese
Year of first Publication:2018
Release Date:2019/03/04
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