Mythology Of Robinson Crusoe And Meaning World

"Robinson Crusoe",which lives up to its reputation as Britain's first full-length novel,has been hugely popular since its publication until nowadays.As the most typical ancestor of the adventure stories,Robinson's story is constantly adapted and interpreted by many scholars.However,most of the researchers focused on work's literary history status,as well as the rationalism,colonialism and religious thought reflected in Robinson's image.It neglects to consider Robinson as an independent individual to explore the existence philosophy of loneliness,and fail to introspect the subjectivity of the modernity."Robinson Crusoe" tells a story,whose hero became the only survivor during the storm in the voyage,then lived alone on an island in the 28 years,and finally returned to the continent.After hundreds of years,Robinson has become a household name individualistic heroism.It is worth pondering how a person can live alone for twenty-eight years in a world without others.The paper studies on the life of Robinson on the island,and mainly bases on the original novel version and a series of supplement by adapted texts.It is believed that the story of Robinson Crusoe has become the western modern myth,and it can be interpreted as the prototype of the loss and reconstruction of the individual meaning world.Robinson Crusoe uses god as the tool to construct the ultimate concern of the world for the sake of supporting the life of no others on the island.Reflecting on this process,Robinson's story can serve as a model to solve the crisis of modernity and make us think about the significance of faith construction.The first chapter,“issues of mythology of Robinson Crusoe”,firstly discusses that Robinson Crusoe has become a modern myth with numerous interpretation possibilities in the process continuous propagation and reconstruction including various kinds of discourse and rearrangement.Secondly,apart from the traditional view,paper summarizes the problems of modernity contained in Robinson's mythology from the perspective of meaning world construction.The second chapter,"mythology of Robinson Crusoe and the loss of meaning world",investigates the construction of the meaning world of Robinson Crusoe on the island of his spiritual world.Firstly,this section explains the connotation of the "meaning world",its construction content as well as its method,and points out the importance of his to the existence of meaning.Secondly,it analyzes the situation of Robinson on the island and points out the crisis of the world lost in the world of no other people.The third chapter,“mythology of Robinson Crusoe and the reconstruction of meaning world”,explores the detailed process of reconstructing the meaning world on the lonely island in Robinson mythology.Meanwhile it discusses the change of the construction of Robinson's meaning world from content to way.Then it solves the situation of the world without others with the support of god as the ultimate concern.The fourth chapter “the reconstruction of Robinson's meaning world and religion”,regards the key factors “religion” in Robinson's reconstruction of the world as research objects,and discusses the reasons why religion can solve the dimensions of faith in the world and the diversity of DIVINITY OTHERS.Human beings have their own limitations.Nevertheless there is a need for transcendence.Therefore,it is necessary to find the DIVINITY OTHERS above self as support.Robinson's god is secularized as a tool,yet it has been able to meet the needs of Robinson.DIVINITY OTHERS is characterized by diversity.The fifth chapter,"Robinson mythology and modernity question",takes Robinson's myth as the story of the loss and reconstruction of the meaning world and rethink it through perspective of modernity.Robinson,who is lost on an isolated island,is similar to the modern subject in the spiritual wilderness.Robinson Crusoe on the island with the belief of god as the support is also a model to solve the crisis of modernity.Now people are calling for GOD to return after the Immortals have been removed.Robinson myth is a metaphor for the crisis of faith in modern people,which reminds us of the importance of individual belief construction.