Milan Kundera was a huge blockbuster both in Czech and the western world since the publication of his first novel.In the 1980s,there was a continuous craze for Kundera in China,and those special attentions had faded out gradually with the increase number of translation versions and the turning of his literature style to some extent.However, the exploration on the multiple themes of his novel and the positive significance of those themes to current literature and social development are far from drying up。The theme of every novel written by Kundera,no matter from his maiden work〈The Joke〉to his last novel〈Ignorance〉,all refer to certain important propositions, such as "the living condition of human beings","Sex and Politics" or "Forget and Memory" and so on.Just as said by Francois Richard that "all the novels of Kunderas make a narrative explanation in his own way.Kundera make his every novel specified and probe into its significance by extending the content of the story.It seems that his novel career become the inexhaustible variation of this source.This become an soul which should be reseized by each new piece of Kundera..Only by rethinking can make this to be everlasting and eternal." The significance that questioned closely by Kundera was the existence of human beings,which is not only rooted in the earth but also deeply grown in Kundera's interior world.That makes all the exploration and discussion concluded to this proposition in the end。This thesis will be separated into four chapters to analysis and explain the deep meaning of "existence" from a different angle,by using an special concept—"Idyllic" in Kundera's novel text.And this paper will also discuss the conception and significance of "Idyllic" by text closing reading of two important figures in Kudera's novels to further discuss the function and meaning of Kundera's important theme to the development of the novel world.Chapter one will dissertate the general research development on Kundera's works by critical since his first novel,which aims to analysis and summarize the important themes and influence of his works.Hopefully,this dissertation can outline the truth of an influential writer in modern world.。 Chapter two first confirms the definition and connotation of"Idyllic" as a word and then states the important meaning of this concept in Kundera's novels by describing specific scenes.This chapter also digs into the "existence" behind the works and its aesthetic meaning to Kundera's novels。Chapter three analyzes the female figures in Kundera's works,which are symbolized by Rose in〈The Joke〉and Agnes in〈Immortality〉.Rose will be the important figure to start the theme of "Idyllic",and Agnes deepened the meaning of "Idyllic",thereby,makes this paper does a thorough exploration on the development and evolvement of this theme.The function of this chapter lies on helping the reader to understand the development and complicated thought of Kundera's during his writing creation stages.。Chapter four talks about the reason why Kundera preferred woman to clarify the existence way of "Idyllic" and discusses the theme of "Idyllic" in the topic of "existence" as well as the position and meaning of "Idyllic" is in the novel world now. The discussion tends to realize whether there is any other possibility of "existence" besides the margin touched by Kundera.At the same time,whether the positive meaning of the nihilism and skepticism of Kundera's can influence modern novelists by letting them to undertake their duties and what sociology meaning does nihilism and skepticism apply will all a big self-question and hints to us. |