On The Theme Of "existence" In The Novels Of The Forties

Chineseliterature in 1940 s is under the background of the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of liberation. Due to the obvious geographical factors,the outlooks of literary in different periods have great distinctions, and the growth and maturity of many writers promote the booming development of the literature,especially the novel in 1940 s.More attention should be paid that all kinds of western philosophy and literary trends have been widely introduced and spread in this period, and as the important part of Irrationalism, Existential Philosophywas very popular among novelists who have suffered the baptism of war and deeply influence of spirit. The reason why Existential Philosophy became popular is that it questioned the meaning of individual existence, survival plight of thinking, serious about life and death and the affirmation of taking exceeding action. The writers created a large number of novels which have different length and include the theme of existence in order to express the spatial and temporal changes of the unique experience, ponder the value and significance of individual existence, seek spiritual power to fight against the plight of survival and take substantive action.This thesis tries to analyze in detail what the themes of existence specifically refer to in 1940 s novels. In order to make it clear, this thesis will combine relevant existential philosophy theory to explain the experience and the metaphorical meaning of the novel conveys, seek and confirm the uniqueness of the theme of existence novel in 1940 s.This thesis is divided into two parts: introduction and three chapters. Introduction part is the summary of the research status. This part will reveal the reason why the theme of existence appears in 1940 s novels by analyzing the two encounters of western philosophy and modern Chinese literature. The first chapter deals with the existence color space-time situation, from being thrown state of discovery, in which the individual time and space in mind, try to grasp the philosophical metaphor of the living space. The second chapteraccording to the specific character of their own experience,regards the lonely siege, vain self-deception and suicide experienceas the breakthrough point to dig out the traces which were left when people struggled with the individual trouble. The third chapter analyzes characters decisions from actions caused by existential predicamentin the novel to break through the existence of detention, as well as uphold the serious, earnest and optimistic attitude, and confirm those who join time work and regain the people courage to survive on their own.After these discussions, I would like to outline more details of the theme of existence novels in the 1940 s and summarizes the unique of existence theme novel,and look forward to revealing some new questions that is worth of valuing and discussing in depth.