《莫菲》中的二元论及其消解.pdf

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1、分类号——学校代码】Q曼垒2密级DualismandItsDissolutioninMurphy《莫菲》中的二元论及其消解指导教师姓名、职称萱选型塾撞湖南师范大学学位评定委员会办公室二0一一年五月DualismandItsDissolutioninMurphyBy物物nUndertheSupervisionofProfessorCaoBoSubmittedForeignStudiesCollegeInpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofArtsinth

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4、Murphyiscrucialtoabetterunderstandingofthedevelopmentofhisnovelsandhisartisticprinciples．WithastudyofdualismanditsdissolutioninMurphy，thisthesiscentersontheauthor’SexplorationofthedualismrepresentedbyMurphy’SrelationwithothercharactersandMurphy’Sselfsplit，andhighligh

5、tsBeckeR’SinsistenceonthedissolutionofdualismbywayofMurphy’Sattemptstoescapefromit，whichpredictsthedevelopmentofthelaternovelsinwhichBeckettcontinueshisnovelexperiments．InMurphy，dualismisrepresentedbyMurphy’Scontrastwithmacrocosm，thusmainlybyhisrelationwithCeliaandNe

6、ary．MurphyandCelia’Srelationembodiesapairofantithesis——bodyandmind．WhileMurphyandNeary’Srelationrepresentstwokindsoffailure：oneasafailureofseekingwill—lessnesswithendinghimselfindeath，andtheotherafailuredrivenbyhisendlessdesirewithachievingnothingintheend、Inaccordanc

7、ewiththat，drivenbythetwokindsofforcesfrommacrocosmandmicrocosmrespectively,Murphysuffersfromthedivisionbetweenmindandbody．AccordingtoDescartes，theworldiscomposedofspiritandmaterial，andisaworldofdualism，whileinMurphy’Seyes，spiritandmaterialareseparatedandcannotberecon

8、ciled．Asaresult，Murphywandersbetweenmacrocosmandmicrocosm，butcannotgetintoeither．InordertodissolveDescartes’dualism，Murphyconstruct