The Thematological Meaning And Modernity Of Don Juan Story

When talking about Don Juan's thematological meaning, we should concern about its theme evolution and its motif. From the evolution point, Don Juan theme has gone its classical hibernating phase (classical period), growing phase (18 century), and modern hibernating phase (19 century).My essay discussed and compared some typical works about Don Juan in order to understand Don Juan theme's developing line, also to analyze the innovation and inheritance of different writers. From these works we can see how Don Juan theme adjusted itself to be always attractive. As a valuable and controversial motif, Don Juan theme was nearly talked about in every period by different writers who thought about life and rebelled the reality. In Don Juan's theme, we can see the praise of rationality, also the rebellion of rationality. We can see the longing for the action, also the question of existence.In modern time, Don Juan theme will not be decay or disappear, instead it will be luxuriant for its modern factors, including its aesthetic value and its...