Goodness and Love: Murdoch's Exploration in "The Sea, the Sea"
Authors
Jingming Chen, Kangsheng Lai
Corresponding Author
Jingming Chen
Available Online April 2017.
- DOI
- 10.2991/iemss-17.2017.42How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Aris Murdoch; goodness; love; art; truth
- Abstract
In this novel, the author mainly tries to inqire into the relationship between love, art and moral goodness, by relating a very affecting love story. After the protagonist confronts with the tidal rips of love, also with the help of art, he effaces his "ego", begins to attend to the "otherness" of the other people, and meanwhile, is becoming nearer and nerer to the truth of goodness.
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- © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Jingming Chen AU - Kangsheng Lai PY - 2017/04 DA - 2017/04 TI - Goodness and Love: Murdoch's Exploration in "The Sea, the Sea" BT - Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Innovations in Economic Management and Social Science (IEMSS 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 207 EP - 212 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/iemss-17.2017.42 DO - 10.2991/iemss-17.2017.42 ID - Chen2017/04 ER -