萨特存在主义视角下《消散》的解读

eas of Disappearance in three aspects:The exploration of human nature,theexploration of culture under postcolonialism and the anxiety of modern people’s survivaldilemma(Yan Qingsheng,2015:1).In general,the analysis of Disappearance in past is mostlyconcentrated in the perspective of Postcolonialism.Bai Yu wrote the dissertation“Quest forIdentity in David Dabydeen’s Early Novels”adopted Postcolonialism and related terms toillustrate three early novels The Intended（1991）,Disappearance（1996）and The CountingHouse（1996),respectively from diaspora identity,cultural identity and Historical identity toexplain each protagonist’s process of seeking identity(Bai Yu,2016:39).The article“AComparative Study of Spiritual Colonization in Disappearance and The Bluest Eye”（2017),written by Liu Jing and Hu Zongfeng,comparatively studied The Bluest Eye andDisappearance in similarities and differences.It aims to explore the Postcolonial themescontained in two works through analyzing the spiritual colonization.Li Qing wrote adissertation“An Interpretation of Disappearance from the perspective of Post-Colonialism”（2018）to interpret the plot,character-shaping and theme in the perspective ofPostcolonialism(Li Qing:2018:41).In addition,Du Xingyu and Su Rui published the article“The Returning Road of Ethnic Groups from the perspective of Postcolonialism——A CaseStudy of David Dabydeen’s Disappearance”(2019)in Journal of Guilin Normal College.

2.2 Overseas Studies upon Disappearance

There are fewer foreign researches on David Dabydeen and his work Disappearance.The most prominent research is the book The Art of David Dabydeen.Edited by Kevin Grant,it makes clear that Dabydeen’s unusual life and writing career give rise to the point of view onpostcoloniality.Authors of selected essay include Mark McWatt,Sarah Lawson Welsh,BenitaParry,Margery Fee,Jean Popeau and Karen McIntyre.The Art of David Dabydeen,publishedas an anthology,includes nine critical essays on Dabydeen’s three books of poetry and firsttwo novels.Compared with the narrators in both The Intended(1991)and Disappearance(1993),Mark McWatt finds that the narrators in Disappearance(1993)is so obsessed with“political and theoretical correctness”that it“robs the narrator of life”(Kevin Grant,1997:121).A book review on Amazon also says that Kevin Grant’s anthology is an introduction toDavid Dabydeen,whose work is little known outside the UK where his poems and novelshave been published.In addition,the essay“Subject and History in Selected Works byAbdulrazak Gurnah,Yvonne Vera,and David Dabydeen”wrote by Erik Falk.In the chapterson Dabydeen,the author emphasizes the analysis of David Dabydeen’s satirical portrayal ofthe reshuffled historical memory of being deprived and enslaved in the Caribbean and claimsthat history is in Dabydeen’s work all about lose and loss results in the lack of a stable identitybut holds a potential for cultural and perhaps social renewal and reinvention(Erik Falk,2008:161).The thesis“Slavery Fiction in Britain”by Sofia Munoz-Valdivieso refers to DavidDabydeen’s focus on the lens of history which presents the views of enslaved and freedindividuals in Africa in the story of human suffering.

Chapter Three Theoretical Framework..............................10

3.1 Background of Sartre’s Existentialism.............................10

3.2 The Main Points of Sartre’s Existentialism.................................12

3.3 The Connection Between Sartre’s Existentialism and Disappearance......................15

Chapter Four An Interpretation of Disappearance in Sartre’s Existentialism.........................16

4.1 Facing Absurd Reality.................................16

4.1.1 Absurdity of Social Environment.................................17

4.1.2 Separation from National Traditions........................19

Chapter Five Conclusion...........................38

5.1 Major Findings................................38

5.2 Limitations and Suggestions..........................39

Chapter Four An Interpretation