The loneliness of the “superfluous man” －Yu dafu’s lonely experience

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The loneliness of the “superfluous man” －Yu dafu’s lonely experience

¹영남대학교

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Due to the influence of personality liberation thought, “May 4th” new literature writer’s creation in addition to show resistance, but at the same time also showed sentimental, depressed, and hesitant emotion. Among them, the very important one is the writer’s loneliness experience. From the “destruction” to “cypressvineset”, Yu dafu created some of “superfluous man” images, which are common with failure in life, emotional inferiority, and the plaintive feeling of been ignored. In this paper the reason of this kind of loneliness summarized into three aspects: one is lack of love, the conflict between body and soul brings loneliness. The second is the anguish of survival after entering society, the conflict between the individual and society. The third is their complex nostalgia for the homeland. The “superfluous man” who created by Yu dafu is one of the important characters in the new literature movement.
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