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Absurdity: the Depths of Existence ——Wang Xiaobo' s Approach to the Riddle of Existence of Life

Xiaoli Liu

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Starting from an analysis of the written version of Wang Xiaobo' s novel The Golden Age, this paper explores Wang' s thoughts on the riddle of existence of human life. By means of logical inference, the book reveals the absurdity that real logic mingles with fictitious one in people' s living circumstances. The writer takes a viewpoint from a real folk standpoint rather than love and hero myths, pressing on towards the significance and meaning of human life; Why does man live? How should man live? Wang Xiaobo finds out the unique significance of living and existing in a given time and space.

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Key concepts: Absurdity, HERO, Meaning (existential), Mythology, Philosophy, Epistemology, Sociology, Psychoanalysis