@article{ART001746579},
author={KIM YEONGMYEONG},
title={The Presence of Anxiety: The Intertextual Dialogue of Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2013},
number={31},
pages={475-495},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2013..31.020}
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TI - The Presence of Anxiety: The Intertextual Dialogue of Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2013
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PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
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SN - 1738-0502
AB - This paper explores the meaning of life and existence by analyzing the dialogue in Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Roland Barthes deems that every text holds intertextualness in various forms with different presentations. Eliot comments that the literature writers should observe literature in historical contexts of which in order to get more inspirations. Gao and Kundera convey existentialism in a multidimensional space. However, the themes expressed in Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being are less transparent and meaningful than Gao’s One Man’s Bible. The Unbearable Lightness of Being encompasses the life of a few individual characters and introduces philosophical thoughts through their choices of life. For example, the reminiscence of the past, custom rituals, oblivion and the co-incidenceness of time are analyzed. However, Gao’s One Man’s Bible depicts the turmoil in Cultural Revolution, which has been experienced by different parties, but not a single individual. Although both Gao and Kundera have inherited the core philosophies of Sartre’s existentialism, Gao opposes to the social functions of literature. For Kundera, he tends to achieve self-actualization through the literature and investigate the meaning of life.
KW - Gao Xingjian;Kundera;Sartre;One Man’s Bible
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2013..31.020
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KIM YEONGMYEONG. (2013). The Presence of Anxiety: The Intertextual Dialogue of Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 31, 475-495.
KIM YEONGMYEONG. 2013, "The Presence of Anxiety: The Intertextual Dialogue of Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.31, pp.475-495. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2013..31.020
KIM YEONGMYEONG "The Presence of Anxiety: The Intertextual Dialogue of Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 31 pp.475-495 (2013) : 475.
KIM YEONGMYEONG. The Presence of Anxiety: The Intertextual Dialogue of Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being. 2013; 31 : 475-495. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2013..31.020
KIM YEONGMYEONG. "The Presence of Anxiety: The Intertextual Dialogue of Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.31(2013) : 475-495.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2013..31.020
KIM YEONGMYEONG. The Presence of Anxiety: The Intertextual Dialogue of Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 31, 475-495. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2013..31.020
KIM YEONGMYEONG. The Presence of Anxiety: The Intertextual Dialogue of Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2013; 31 475-495. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2013..31.020
KIM YEONGMYEONG. The Presence of Anxiety: The Intertextual Dialogue of Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being. 2013; 31 : 475-495. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2013..31.020
KIM YEONGMYEONG. "The Presence of Anxiety: The Intertextual Dialogue of Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.31(2013) : 475-495.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2013..31.020
