On the Essence of Lin Yutang's "Escapism
Peng Yin-yan
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Peng Yin-yan
Abstract
Lin Yutang's escapism does not mean his escape from the society and the life itself, but his escape from the whirlpool of politics and its right and wrong. This is not only his way of taking shelter, but also the major means of his pursuing of poetic beauty of life. We can find such thoughts in his writing and his actual life.
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Lin Yutang's escapism does not mean his escape from the society and the life itself, but his escape from the whirlpool of politics and its right and wrong. This is not only his way of taking shelter, but also the major means of his pursuing of poetic beauty of life. We can find such thoughts in his writing and his actual life.
Key concepts: Escapism, Beauty, Poetry, Politics, Aesthetics, Sociology, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy