Friedrich Nietzsche’s Apollonian and Dionysian Dichotomy in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening

كواشي راوية

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Friedrich Nietzsche’s Apollonian and Dionysian Dichotomy in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening

Authors:

كواشي راوية

Publisher:

Centre Universitaire de Mila

Journal:

مجلة ميلاف للبحوث والدراسات Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.369-379

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2022

Document Language:

English

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2001441182

pISSN:

2588-1663

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Abstract:

 Human nature is a thorny topic that triggers a myriad of discussions all over the world. In this regard, researchers endeavor to understand human behavior as a result of rational or emotional impulses. Accordingly, this article attempts to diagnose the controlling power of human nature in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and the real cause of the characters’ downfall from Fredrich Nietzsche’s philosophical ideas. Hence, the analysis reveals that some characters’ behavior, like the protagonist Edna Pontellier and Victor Lebrun, is controlled by emotional Dionysian impulses; while, the behavior of Léonce Pontellier, Robert Lebrun, Mademoiselle Reisz and Adèle Ratignolle reflects rational Apollonian tendencies. Yet, most of the characters fail to make a balance between Apollonian and Dionysian characteristics that led to their tragic downfall inasmuch as the best life, for Nietzsche, demonstrates the combination of both Apollonian and Dionysian impulses. Therefore, human life is based on the harmony between Apollonian and Dionysian tendencies.

Article Details

Friedrich Nietzsche’s Apollonian and Dionysian Dichotomy in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening

Authors: كواشي راوية

Publisher: Centre Universitaire de Mila

Journal: مجلة ميلاف للبحوث والدراسات Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.369-379

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2022

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001441182

pISSN: 2588-1663

Nietzsche

Dionysian impulses

Apollonian tendencies

Chopin’s The Awakening

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Authors:

كواشي راوية

Publisher:

Centre Universitaire de Mila

Journal:

مجلة ميلاف للبحوث والدراسات Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.369-379

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2022

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001441182

pISSN:

2588-1663