An Existential Analysis of Catch-22 第二十二条军规赏析

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1、AnExistentialAnalysisofCatch-22第二十二条军规赏析ContentsAcknowledgements.............................iAbstractEnglish.................................iiAbstractChinese....................................iii1.Introduction....................................11.1Catch

2、-22....................................11.2WritingBackground....................12.TheExistentialism…...............................22.1“Ithink,soIam”and“existencebeforeessence”...................................22.2Theinitiativeofthesoldiers...............

3、.....33.FreeChoice...........................................43.1Orr................................................53.2Yossarian......................................64.TheAbsurdityoftheWorld..............................74.1TheAbsolutepoweroftheBureaucrac

4、y.......................................74.2TheMoralInsanity.........................84.3TheInevitabilityofDeath...............................95.Conclusion..........................................10WorkCited................................................

5、....12AbstractThispaperisgoingtotalkabouttheexistentialisminJosephHeller’smasterpieceCatch-22.Asregardstotheinfluenceofexistentialismonliterature,JeanPaulSartre’stheoriesaretheoneofthegreatsignificance,whichisthemainconcerninthisthesis.JosephHeller1923-1999

6、isoneofthemostrepresentativewritersofBlackHumor,whichforecaststhedominatingofAmericanpost-modernismliterature.TheheartofBlackHumoristhedescriptionoftheabsurdityoftheworld,whichisalsoadoctrineofexistentialism.SoitissaidthatexistentialismisoneoftheoriginsofBl

7、ackHumor.InCatch-22,thereareboundsoffreedomandthestrugglestogetofffromthem,whichisamainthemeofthebook.AndasregardtoSartre’sexistentialism,thecentralthoughtisthefreedomtochoosewhatonewantstobeortodo,whichagreeswiththethemeofCatch-22aboveIhavementioned.Sointh

8、ispaperIjustchooseSartre’sexistentialistthoughtstoanalyzeit,despiteotherexistentialists.Existentialismisadifferentpointofviewtolookatthetraditionalwar-novel,fromwhichIthinkadeeperandmoretheoreticalcrit