IMPORTANCE OF SYMBOLS, INFLUENCES AND PHILOSOPHIES IN SUCCESSFUL LITERARY CREATION
Autor (i): Georgiana Mirela, Mīndreci
Cuvinte cheie: literary creation; symbols; influences; philosophy; mature works
Abstract:
In the literary world writers have to be able to integrate all their beliefs and life philosophies so that their characters are more credible and realistic. Jerome David Salinger is one example in point. His entire literary legacy, although not very prolific, is an example of the writer's own evolution alongside with the characters'. For this brief article I have focused on the influence of Zen philosophy which is present throughout Salinger’s exquisite mature works and it represents the source of his array of themes and motifs: children and what they stand for; oppositions between the phony, material world and the spiritual one; the war and the effects of its traumatic experiences; love and squalor; suicide theme; religion; alienation and vulnerability; reality; idealization of beauty; the quest for a moral ideal; communication and the problems caused by the lack of the ability to communicate directly; the quest for the seer. All of Salinger’s themes, which are actually his trademarks, are very well presented against the social and political background of the post-war period and they also stand for the evolution of his characters and writing technique.
In the literary world writers have to be able to integrate all their beliefs and life philosophies so that their characters are more credible and realistic. Jerome David Salinger is one example in point. His entire literary legacy, although not very prolific, is an example of the writer's own evolution alongside with the characters'. For this brief article I have focused on the influence of Zen philosophy which is present throughout Salinger’s exquisite mature works and it represents the source of his array of themes and motifs: children and what they stand for; oppositions between the phony, material world and the spiritual one; the war and the effects of its traumatic experiences; love and squalor; suicide theme; religion; alienation and vulnerability; reality; idealization of beauty; the quest for a moral ideal; communication and the problems caused by the lack of the ability to communicate directly; the quest for the seer. All of Salinger’s themes, which are actually his trademarks, are very well presented against the social and political background of the post-war period and they also stand for the evolution of his characters and writing technique.
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