| Arishima Takeo was a well-known writer in Japan. Furthermore, he was one of the representatives of silver birch group. His novel is full of philosophy and enjoys a high reputation throughout the world. For this reason, he isn't only recognized as a writer, but also thinker and philosopher. In Mar. 1920, he published a comment named Love is Unscrupulous Capture, which showed his philosophical love theory and unique artistic viewpoint. This paper will analyze the text of Love is Unscrupulous Capture in order to study the starting point and presupposition of his unique love theory firstly and expound the essence of his love theory on the basis of these. Secondly this paper will study the change of Arishima Takeo's own thought on the the basis of comprehending the whole Love Theory of his. Especially focusing on how to get rid of the trouble of Binary contradictions and find impulsive life. The encounter with Whitman's ideas makes Arishima Takeo find exit of getting rid of the trouble of Binary contradictions. And he establishes his unique love theory on the basis of Begson's philosophy. Finally, this paper will use Arishima Takeo's unique love theory to reinterpret his suicide. His suicide is due to double suicide for love on the surface. In fact his suicide is the practice of his love theory in real life. |
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