Ivan Ilych and Autobiographical Despair

IF 0.1 3区文学 N/A LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE Pub Date : 2021-06-29 DOI:10.1353/phl.2021.0013

C. Cowley

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Abstract

Abstract:In Tolstoy's novella The Death of Ivan Ilych, the middle-aged Ivan is dying. During this process, he comes to recognize that his life has been self-absorbed and trivial; such a recognition is, however, the first step on the path to a Christian-style self-abnegation and redemption. So runs the traditional interpretation. Against this, I argue that Ivan's perception and deliberation were distorted by "autobiographical despair": the tendency to downplay the genuine meanings of one's life, meanings that were also central to the dying person's identity. I argue that autobiographical despair is much more dangerous than the more familiar prospective despair.

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伊凡·伊里奇与自传《绝望》

摘要：在托尔斯泰的中篇小说《伊凡·伊里奇之死》中，中年的伊凡正在走向死亡。在这个过程中，他逐渐认识到自己的生活是自我专注的，琐碎的；然而，这样的承认是走向基督教式自我克制和救赎之路的第一步。传统的解释也是如此。与此相反，我认为伊凡的感知和思考被“自传体绝望”扭曲了：倾向于淡化一个人生命的真正意义，这些意义也是垂死者身份的核心。我认为，自传体的绝望比更熟悉的预期绝望要危险得多。

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