@article{ART003178400},
author={Cho, Min-Hyun},
title={Literary Representation of Schopenhauer’s Thought in Azorín’s Will},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2025},
volume={74},
pages={237-262},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2025.74..237}
TY - JOUR
AU - Cho, Min-Hyun
TI - Literary Representation of Schopenhauer’s Thought in Azorín’s Will
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2025
VL - 74
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 237
EP - 262
SN - 1598-0685
AB - The year 1902 is a significant one in the development of modern Spanish novels. This was because innovative works that could clearly distinguish them from novels of the previous century came out. José Martínez Ruiz's Will is one of them. In addition to being written in a new style of expression, this work also contained a considerable amount of influence from philosophical ideas that were entering Spain at the time. It was based on a tradition of anti-rationalism that deviated from 19th century Positivism which was firmly rooted in concepts of reason and rationality. However, there is ambiguity about what the work is ultimately saying since it contains a mixture of various ideas related to such traditions. Nevertheless, this study attempted to reveal, above all, that the fundamental base of this work was directly influenced by Schopenhauer's thought. It was revealed through the life journey of the protagonist, Antonio Azorín. While the first part of the work theoretically conveyed Schopenhauer's thoughts through Yuste's words, after the second part, his thoughts were projected into the protagonist’s life. To reveal this, we first examined the world of representation and will in relation to Azorín's life. We then explored the relationship between will and intelligence, the pain inherent in life, and the denial of the will to live and the aesthetics of resignation as an escape from it.
In this way, this study explored how Schopenhauer's ideas were literaryized in Azorín’s Will and identified the relationship between his ideas reflected in the work and the historical reality of Spain at the time.
KW - Azorín;Schopenhauer;representation;will;pain;resignation
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..237
ER -
Cho, Min-Hyun. (2025). Literary Representation of Schopenhauer’s Thought in Azorín’s Will. Cross-Cultural Studies, 74, 237-262.
Cho, Min-Hyun. 2025, "Literary Representation of Schopenhauer’s Thought in Azorín’s Will", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.74, pp.237-262. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2025.74..237
Cho, Min-Hyun "Literary Representation of Schopenhauer’s Thought in Azorín’s Will" Cross-Cultural Studies 74 pp.237-262 (2025) : 237.
Cho, Min-Hyun. Literary Representation of Schopenhauer’s Thought in Azorín’s Will. 2025; 74 237-262. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2025.74..237
Cho, Min-Hyun. "Literary Representation of Schopenhauer’s Thought in Azorín’s Will" Cross-Cultural Studies 74(2025) : 237-262.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..237
Cho, Min-Hyun. Literary Representation of Schopenhauer’s Thought in Azorín’s Will. Cross-Cultural Studies, 74, 237-262. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..237
Cho, Min-Hyun. Literary Representation of Schopenhauer’s Thought in Azorín’s Will. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2025; 74 237-262. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..237
Cho, Min-Hyun. Literary Representation of Schopenhauer’s Thought in Azorín’s Will. 2025; 74 237-262. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2025.74..237
Cho, Min-Hyun. "Literary Representation of Schopenhauer’s Thought in Azorín’s Will" Cross-Cultural Studies 74(2025) : 237-262.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..237
