Abstract

The novel Humboldt’s gift which reveals the dilemma of two intelligentsia in the modern society where consumerism and materialism further aggravates the alienation among people and the culture is degraded into a capital form and is commercialized, so the dignity and even the survival of poets are threatened by this material-centered society. The thesis intends to discuss the destructive force of culture commercialization on the life of writers through the failure of Humboldt, and further analyze 3 stages Citrine takes to overcome his life crisis and be a defender of humanism in the absurd world.

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