authors: Sanaz Khakpour1234567
language: English
topic: Native Son, the protest fiction of Richard Wright, has been studied through aspects such as colonialism, psychology, and existentialism for years. The eminent things that these studies include are psychological issues, criminality, weakness, lack of self-confidence in the protagonist, and absurdism. Nevertheless, this article, with the help of the philosophical tenet of Übermensch, stated by Nietzsche in Thus Spake Zarathustra, clarifies how fear, violence, and racism lead to the ethical excellence of an individual from an inferior situation. Thus, this reveals that Native Son not only prevents black people from being downgraded but also stands as self-overcoming and amelioration motives for the black community. Hence, by applying the theory of Übermensch in Native Son, the researcher attempts to demonstrate that the protagonist lives not in an absurd condition, and his ethical reformation changes his living which culminates in his emancipation from slavery and servitude and making him the lawgiver of his life. Additionally, through the philosophical notions of will to power and self-overcoming, the researcher proves that portraying black people in a wretchedly unhappy situation cannot improve their status in society. Conversely, each of the oppressed men should change and create his existence as an active entity.
title of the conference: Ninth International Conference on Studies of Language and Literature of Nations
title of the conference: https://icll.bcnf.ir
author: admin
paper code: DSI141257116277
paper link: http://scieropub.com/pv/DSI141257116277