ON IVAN BUNIN’S TRAGIC WORLDVIEW: A STUDY BASED ON THE LIFE OF ARSENIEV

Tragic worldview, Dionysian spirit,Apollonian spirit, weapon, color.

Authors

  • Лу ДОНГЛИАНГ, Докторант Национального университета Узбекистана, Uzbekistan

The philosophical and aesthetic ideas expressed in "The Life of Arseniev" are consistent with the tragic worldview of Friedrich Nietzsche. The images of weapon and color in the book are very expressive. The image of weapon can be characterized as the embodiment of the Dionysian spirit. It symbolizes the world will. The images of color can be considered as a specific embodiment of the Apollonian spirit. It symbolizes the world of phenomena. I. Bunin affirmed the will with the image of weapon, and affirmed the phenomena with color. Through the interweaving of weapons and colors, I. Bunin achieved a symbolic interpretation of the world and expressed his affirmation and praise of the will to live.