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A Comparative Study Of Philosophy Of Life In The Works Of Borges And Shi Tiesheng

Posted on:2022-01-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:R Y GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2505306314493984Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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In the 19 th century,the famous Argentine writer Borges,his works are very knowledgeable and extensive,revealing the rich and philosophical connotation of life.Coincidentally,such a philosophical writer,Shi Tiesheng,also existed in China in the20 th century.The works of Borges and Shi Tiesheng,who are disabled,express and convey similar views of life and death and religious sentiments in the face of life difficulties,attitudes to death,and religious choices,and give spiritual enlightenment to the entire mankind.Through close reading of the text,context theory,and document analysis,this article intends to conduct a comparative study of the outlook on life,death,and religious sentiments embodied in the works of Borges and Shi Tiesheng,in order to decipher and solve the pattern and value of life philosophy writing pursue.This article is mainly composed of introduction,body and conclusion.The introduction mainly summarizes the origin of the thesis writing and explores the theoretical value and practical significance of the philosophical thinking presented in the life and death views in Borges and Shi Tiesheng’s works,namely the feasibility analysis of the thesis.The first chapter of the main text combs Borges and Shi Tiesheng’s respective life journeys and the first experience of being caught in a disability dilemma,and then analyzes the reasons why Borges and Shi Tiesheng walked out of their own life dilemmas under the background of the times: Borges was honored by the family Encouragement and literary atmosphere,determined to complete his father’s unfinished business;Shi Tiesheng’s writing is to live up to the expectations of family,friendship,and love to find a way to make a living.The second chapter of the main text is mainly to analyze the similar philosophical cores of difficult choices,death consciousness,and religious sentiments in Borges and Shi Tiesheng’s works.Both writers encountered serious physical misfortune and faced the choice between life and death.They both chose to derive the spiritual power of salvation from their religious beliefs but they did not believe in a certain religion.After their own excavation and improvement,they realized the inevitable death of death,and The meaning and value of death to life.The third chapter of the main text focuses on the analysis of the similarities and differences in the life philosophy of Borges and Shi Tiesheng’s works in the face of difficulties,death concepts and religious philosophy.Borges,who is becoming blind,has known his fate of blindness since he was a child,and Bo’s,who knows that the darkness will finally come,constantly fights against fate,trying to find a way out in time and space,and accepts the cycle of "Lao Zhuang philosophy" in the meantime.The illusory philosophical attitude believes that death is fatalistic and noble;the sudden disability gave the young Shi Tiesheng a long period of overcoming the temptation of death,and finally gained enlightenment from existentialism,gradually thinking about his own existence.Ascending to the exploration of the survival dilemma of the entire mankind,he chose a life attitude that emphasizes the process of life and lives toward death.The two writers use unique philosophical thinking to write about the perception and review of life’s plight,death consciousness,and religious choice.They use deep soul thinking to find a way for mankind to overcome the plight and try to lead people who are stuck in a difficult situation out of the darkness as much as possible.Pursue the meaning and value of life.This has important reference significance for examining the philosophy of life and inspiring human philosophical creation,and it will also provide certain guidance and reference for the connotation of philosophical writing.
Keywords/Search Tags:Borges, Shi Tiesheng, Life Philosophy, Religion
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