An Analysis of Moral Pursuit in Irish Murdoch’s The Severed Head

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10.2991/assehr.k.210806.038How to use a DOI?

Keywords

value, political challenge, consciousness, moral philosophy

Abstract

Modern men house potential meaning and value within themselves and their greatest social and political challenge is the exercise of consciousness through specific decisions that affirm and dignify the reality of other persons. Recreating a series of mythical characters and classical themes, Murdoch adjusts her moral philosophy to novelistic conventions and gains the success. This paper adopts myth and archetypal theory, analyses major characters and classical themes and interprets Murdoch’s metaphorical attention towards the meanings of existence and the lost identity of modern men.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lei Zhang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/09
TI  - An Analysis of Moral Pursuit in Irish Murdoch’s The Severed Head
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 5th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 195
EP  - 199
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210806.038
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210806.038
ID  - Zhang2021
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