Analysis Of Anti-hero And Its Cultural Characteristics

Literature is the carrier of people nature，conveying the humanspirit. The developing path of Western literature is coincided with that ofWestern society from the ancient to contemporary society. Mythicalhero with its significance dominates in the traditional literary field inWestern society, leading the progressive direction of literature. However,with the changing times, society attains magnetic progress.Consequently, noble hero image gradually fades away from the literaryhalls, and the "mythical hero" image got replaced by "non-hero" and"anti-hero" image. What’s more, the prevalence of "non-hero" and"anti-hero" image marks the epoch-making literature and practicalsignificance. There is a lot of discussion about the anti-hero in recenttime, but the angle adopted is relatively somewhat piecemeal and single.And most of the research remain studying phenomenon illustrates on thesurface layer, without systematic and further inquire to the culturalcharacteristics and practical significance hindered behind thephenomenon. This paper mainly discusses the emergence and prosperityof anti-hero image, interpreting the cultural significance contained in theimage, systematically collating and studying the emergence of anti-heroic image and their cultural identity, which replenishes thepreventive leakage. In the first part, it discusses the topic that how theimage of hero change in the literary works: gradual vanish of the mythof the hero in Western literature, and emergence of the non-hero andanti-hero image, analyzing the process and the cause of change. In thesecond part, it interprets emergence of the anti-heroic image andtransition statement of modern culture, describing the cultural valueswith the changing times and changing course. In the third part, it mainlyculturally interprets the anti-heroic image, summarizing itscharacteristics and the type. The image of this literature reflects the truestate of the real-life, making people attain deeper understanding to lifeand a new way to promote life value on literature. In short, this paperanalyze the human development trends in today’s era period of greatchange from the theoretical point of culture and the social function ofliterature, through analyzing a range of issues relating to anti-heroicimage. What’s more, the achievement of people’s real needs in depthand aspirations should be rationally reckoned. Development ofanti-hero image arouses people to rationally retrospect the scene ofperspective construction, and people have a profound self-examinationand criticism of waking consciousness, deeply looking forward andplacing explorations on the human Harmony Road in tomorrow.