The Goodness and Truth-Analysis on the Thesis and Value of Iris Murdoch’s Novels
- 1 Department of English, School of Foreign Languages, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
- 2 Department of English, School of Foreign Languages, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
Abstract
Iris Murdoch is a prolific female writer in the British contemporary literary world. In response to the spiritual and moral dilemma in the British society in the 1950s, Murdoch showed her concerns about egoists and society in her four early novels, trying the utmost to help those trapped in self-difficulties get out of trouble. From the perspective of existentialism, this paper is going to reveal the moral improvement process from firstly being ego to concern more with the needs and wishes of others via analyzing some excerpts of Under the Net (1954) and Against Dryness (1997), so as to demonstrate the common theme expressed by Murdoch—pursue genuine morality by caring about others. This paper will discuss the goodness and truth-analysis on the thesis and value of Iris Murdoch’s novels.
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