The purpose of this paper is to study the aesthetic world of love and accommodation represented in Saul Bellow's Herzog, and to gain a deeper understanding of his vision for man. Moses Herzog in Herzog suddenly faces a crisis in his family; divorce from his second wife, Madeleine. Following the crisis, he discovers his life is disorderly and disharmonious. Until now he has lived only pursuing an ideal world remote from actual reality, so he has failed to live in reality. Herzog, therefore, tries to solve his problems via self-examination, by taking a mental journey. Having reexamined his present and the past life, Herzog finally changes himself into a realistic character, and begins to love his family and other people. Through suffering and mental anguish, Herzog reaches a vision of love and accommodation, which restores his love for his family, brotherhood and society. He starts from selfhood toward brotherhood, and then to community. Bellow is always interested in problems such as how individuals live in this absurd world, how they maintain their dignity, and how they come to terms with feelings of alienation. Therefore, his heroes come to spiritual maturity as a result of overcoming hardships. Bellow in this novel, Herzog, successfully shows that Herzog, the protagonist, escapes his trying situations and achieves spiritual maturity. Finally, this novel represents Bellow's beautiful world of love and accommodation through Herzog's mental journey.
한국중앙영어영문학회 [The Jungang English Language And Literature Association Of Korea]
설립연도
1968
분야
인문학>영어와문학
소개
본 학회는 영미어문학의 학술연구와 이에 부합하는 아래의 사업을 기획 수행하며,
또한 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다.
1. 학회지 발간
2. 연구 발표회, 강연회, 공동연구
3. 영미어문학 관련 도서출판
4. 영미어문학 관계 도서 및 자료의 모집 및 비치
5. 기타 본회의 목적 달성에 필요한 사업
간행물
간행물명
영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]