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Comparative Study Of The Absurdity Of Kafka And Yan Lianke’s Fiction

Posted on:2018-06-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H W LvFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330518487440Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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In 2014 Yan Lianke’s "Si Shu" won the Kafka Prize inLiterature, he was the first Chinese writer receiving the award. In the words mentioned "he has a sharp satire of reality and the ability to observe, the most important is that he has the courage to face reality. This is the same as Kafka’s creative spirit." Once again, people focus on the two writers who have a lot of differences and similarities.Yan Lianke as Shenshilism master,constructing a lustrous and dazzling world in his works, and he has forthrightly said that his writing is influenced by Kafka on many occasions. It can be said that the Kafka Prize for Literature, for our in-depth study of the two works in the "absurd" factor, provides a good opportunity.In this paper, the "absurdity" as a starting point, a detailed discussion of the similarities and differences between the two elements of the novel, the paper is divided into four chapters. The introduction this paper, explaining the main concept of "absurdity": the absurd is not significance and the objective world, unreasonable conflict, in this contest, people continue to be irrational forces, extrusion and alienation; significance and status of the topic of the comparative study of Kafka and Yan Lianke two writers to do the analysis and carding systematically. The first chapter is divided into two sections, the first section of the works of the absurd in the consciousness of the generalization and induction, the second section of the works of the "absurdity" in the analysis of the differences between the two parts. The second chapter is divided into the following two sections, which is written in the form of the allegorical novel, which is reflected in the specific works of the absurd consciousness of the two, and the differences between the two are viewed from the perspective of the characters and the language. The third chapter is about the ultimate thinking of the world under the "absurd" concept of the two, which is divided into two sections to discuss the death factors and similarities and differences between Kafka and Yan Lianke.In this paper, from the angle of "absurdity" of the different genres but a comparative study of the two writers of the same trait were, in there are few related articles, with a certain degree of innovation. The author hopes that this system can be used for reference and reference for people to read the works of the two and close to the writer’s inner world.
Keywords/Search Tags:Kafka, Yan Lianke, Absurdity
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