On the Margins of Society: The Cult of Alienation in World Literature E

Spanning nearly two centuries of literature, Gullivers Travels, Notes from Underground, and The Metamorphosis maintain a concurrent theme. Jonathan alert, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Franz Kafka, respectively, portray the complex dynamic between the community and the individual. The writers iconic protagonists similarly become estranged from society, in spite of the markedly disparate historical contexts behind them. Upon reading the aforementioned works, it could be deduced that achieving a comprehend of connectedness within ones community is a endeavor irrespective of time period and any scientific and technological advances in this that the plight of loneliness is programmed into the individual on a visceral level. However, it could as well as be argued that while the three authors wholly capture an essential segment of modern society alienation, most of their readers do not feel it as acutely as their protagonists, if at all, and the few who do female genital organ ferret ou t their solace knowing that in being alone, they atomic number 18 not alone.When spry wrote Gullivers Travels in 1726, Europe was in the midst of the Enlightenment. Decades of scientific upgrade resulted in widespread adoption of rational thought, challenging previously judge beliefs of determinism while embracing the concept of free will. In Gullivers Travels, Swift utilized satire to creatively translate the ideological shift toward individualism and its consequent cultural fragmentation. The preoccupation with intellectual autonomy and reason are reflected in Gulliver, a man who becomes so overwhelmed by the inadequacies of a zany society that seclusion was the only remedy for his misanthropy. Although Gullivers Travels is most observably a social commentary critiquing the flaws of a greedy,... ...resigned to their particular fates, the reader can find solace in maintaining hope that substantial thoughts exist, good wagon prevail, and eloquent, purposeful bonds with other people may be achieved, and be all the more appreciated for their rarity. Works CitedDostoevsky, Fyodor. Notes from Underground. The Norton Anthology of universe of discourse Literature 1800 to 1900. Ed. Sarah Lawall and Maynard Mack. modern York W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2002. 1307-1379. Print. Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis. The Norton Anthology of World Literature The Twentieth Century. Ed. Sarah Lawall and Maynard Mack. New York W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2002. 1999-2030. Print.Swift, Jonathan. Gullivers Travels. The Norton Anthology of World Literature 1650 to 1800. Ed. Sarah Lawall and Maynard Mack. New York W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2002. 433-483. Print.