资源描述：
《文学中友谊--加缪、萨特、波伏瓦》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在行业资料-天天文库。
1、bepressFromtheSelectedWorksofAnnTaylorJanuary2005FriendshipThroughLiterature:Camus,Beauvoir,andSartreContactStartYourOwnNotifyMeAuthorSelectedWorksofNewWorkAvailableat:http://works.bepress.com/ann_taylor/13AnnTaylorNASSConference2005FriendshipthroughLiterature:Camus,Beauvoir,
2、andSartre“Andthat’spreciselywhereliteratureisuseful--toshowtheworldtoothersasyouyourselfseeit”-HenriPerron,TheMandarinsWhatcanonecommunicateinfictionthatisimpossibleinotherformsofliterature?Fictionpresentsinterestingpossibilities-itallowsfortheembodimentofgeneralideasinpartic
3、ularlivesandsituations,anditallowsonetotellthetruththroughthedistortionofreality.SimonedeBeauvoir’sTheMandarinsdoesbothofthesewithrespectto(amongotherthings)therelationshipbetweenBeauvoir,Jean-PaulSartre,andAlbertCamus.WhatIdonotwanttodointhisdiscussionofthenovelistrytosepara
4、teoutwhatreallyhappenedhistoricallyandwhatwasfictionalized.WhatIdowanttodoistoconsiderwhyBeauvoirmighthavewantedtocapturetheSartre-Camusaffairinaworkoffiction.Therewassomethingaboutexistentialismthatparticularlylentitselftobeingembodiedinfiction.Perhapsitwastheextremeindividu
5、alisminherentintheideaoffreedomandchoice;howcanonespeakingeneraltermsoflifewhenitscourseandmeaningarespecifictoindividualsandtheirchoices,whentherearenotsupposedtobeanyunderlyingabsolutestowhichonemaycling?Fictionallowstheembodimentofideasinparticularinstancesandlives,andinth
6、emanyexistentialistnovels,plays,andshortstories,readerscanseethenumerouswaysinwhichchoiceinlifeisencounteredandinfluencedbythespecificsituationsofindividuals.Thus,itseemsthatfictionisaparticularlyhelpfultoolintryingtoexplicateawayofseeingthingswhichallowsofnoobjectivepointsof
7、reference.Inasense,whatfictionallowsisforthereadertoseethemanydifferentwaysaparticularthemeorideacanmanifestitselfinindividualbehavior,whileatthesametimepointingoutthecommonalityofthoseindividualexperiences--inthattheyarealltiedbacktothesamethemesofhumanexistence.Oneofthemajo
8、rideasthatcomesupinTheMandarinsistheproblemofchange,ofbeingfacedwith
