THE CONCEPT OF SUPERMAN IN JACK LONDON’S NOVEL “THE SEA-WOLFˮ

Authors

  • Amalya SOGHOMONYAN Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/FLHE/2018.22.2.224

Keywords:

Nietzsche, modernism, superman, Jack London, Wolf Larsen, sin, freedom, power, parsnip

Abstract

The paper reverberates to Friedrich Nietzsche’s impact on modern literature. The purpose of this paper is to show the influence of the Superman’s concept in Jack London’s novel “The Sea-Wolfˮ. In this psychological, adventurous novel the author reveals Nietzsche’s individual philosophy. In the novel “The Sea-Wolfˮ  Superman succumbs but Nietzsche’s Superman never does.

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Published

2018-11-12

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (25) (2018)

Section

Literary Criticism

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