@article{ART002535745},
author={Junga Shin and Yong Ho Choi},
title={Some questions on humanity raised through mathematical formulae: with special focus on Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, 1984 by Orwell, and The plague by Camus},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2019},
volume={57},
pages={227-256},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2019.57..227}
TY - JOUR
AU - Junga Shin
AU - Yong Ho Choi
TI - Some questions on humanity raised through mathematical formulae: with special focus on Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, 1984 by Orwell, and The plague by Camus
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2019
VL - 57
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 227
EP - 256
SN - 1598-0685
AB - In this paper, the theme that we would like to deal with from the perspective of comparative literature is related to the question of humanity, which is supposed to be raised through the following three works: Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, 1984 by Orwell, and The Plague by Camus. To address this question, we would like to put a special focus on the mathematical formulae that appear in common in these three works. In Notes, while 2×2=4 refers to a constructing principle of the ideal society represented by the Crystal Palace, 2×2=5 symbolizes the curse on this society, i.e., a kind of speech act that is based on man’s desire to deconstruct. In 1984, the addition 2+2=4 stands for the human spirit resisting the totalitarian ideology that imposes the formula 2+2=5. In The Plague, 2+2=4 is a truth that should be considered simply ordinary, as soon as determined as such. In Notes, the human is a being that delays the realization of a goal or destroys the goal, in order to reassign historicity to the process of life. In 1984, the human is described as a spiritual being who persistently refuses to surrender, even though he or she ends up in failure. In The Plague, the human that has determined 2+2=4 is a being faithful to this determination. To conclude, in those three works, the human is viewed in common as a being who is engaged in an endless process of historical order. In other words, he or she is nothing but an infinitely finite being who is committed to endlessly rewriting his or her own history.
KW - Notes from Underground;1984;The plague;human;topos;mathematical formulae
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2019.57..227
ER -
Junga Shin and Yong Ho Choi. (2019). Some questions on humanity raised through mathematical formulae: with special focus on Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, 1984 by Orwell, and The plague by Camus. Cross-Cultural Studies, 57, 227-256.
Junga Shin and Yong Ho Choi. 2019, "Some questions on humanity raised through mathematical formulae: with special focus on Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, 1984 by Orwell, and The plague by Camus", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.57, pp.227-256. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.57..227
Junga Shin, Yong Ho Choi "Some questions on humanity raised through mathematical formulae: with special focus on Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, 1984 by Orwell, and The plague by Camus" Cross-Cultural Studies 57 pp.227-256 (2019) : 227.
Junga Shin, Yong Ho Choi. Some questions on humanity raised through mathematical formulae: with special focus on Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, 1984 by Orwell, and The plague by Camus. 2019; 57 227-256. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.57..227
Junga Shin and Yong Ho Choi. "Some questions on humanity raised through mathematical formulae: with special focus on Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, 1984 by Orwell, and The plague by Camus" Cross-Cultural Studies 57(2019) : 227-256.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.57..227
Junga Shin; Yong Ho Choi. Some questions on humanity raised through mathematical formulae: with special focus on Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, 1984 by Orwell, and The plague by Camus. Cross-Cultural Studies, 57, 227-256. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.57..227
Junga Shin; Yong Ho Choi. Some questions on humanity raised through mathematical formulae: with special focus on Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, 1984 by Orwell, and The plague by Camus. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2019; 57 227-256. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.57..227
Junga Shin, Yong Ho Choi. Some questions on humanity raised through mathematical formulae: with special focus on Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, 1984 by Orwell, and The plague by Camus. 2019; 57 227-256. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.57..227
Junga Shin and Yong Ho Choi. "Some questions on humanity raised through mathematical formulae: with special focus on Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, 1984 by Orwell, and The plague by Camus" Cross-Cultural Studies 57(2019) : 227-256.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.57..227
