存在论视野中的《变形记》

《变形记》是奥地利作家费兰茨·卡夫卡的一部荒诞主义小说。从存在论的哲学角度来看,小说反映了荒谬世界的非理性和非人性。主人公格里高尔在变形前就已没有了选择的自由,因而他的存在是丧失自我的非真实存在;在异化成非人化的甲虫后,更是处于被家人抛弃的生存困境中;最后,他选择了死亡,并在死亡中摆脱了人性的异化从而实现了真正的存在。

The Metamorphosis--An Interpretation from the Perspective of Ontology

The Metamorphosis,an absurd novel written by Austrian writer Franz Kafka,from the viewpoint of ontology,reveals the irrationality and inhumanity of the absurd world.Before alienated,Gregor has no freedom to make a choice for his own,thus his existence turns out to be inauthentic with the loss of self.When alienated into a "monstrous vermin",a nonhuman insect,he,deserted by the family,is left in a living predicament.At last he chooses to diminisla from the world and manages to get rid of the alienation of humanity and realize the authentic existence through death.