Decay, Death, and the Return of Light: The I Ching Yin-Yang Cycle in Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle
哲学
文学类
神学
艺术
作者
John T. P. Lai
出处
期刊:Literature and Theology [Oxford University Press] 日期:2023-06-01卷期号:37 (2): 155-165
标识
DOI:10.1093/litthe/frad009
摘要
Abstract Through a critical investigation of Philip K. Dick’s best-selling novel The Man in the High Castle, this essay attempts to unearth deeper levels of characterisation and motifs in the novel by discovering the implicit and nuanced symbolisms of the I Ching (Book of Changes) incorporated within it. The article scrutinises the influences of the I Ching upon Dick’s literary creation, particularly how the major themes of decay, death, and the return of light are uniquely depicted in the I Ching cycle of yin and yang, and metaphorically symbolised by several corresponding hexagrams.