Frontiers in Art Research, 2022, 4(6); doi: 10.25236/FAR.2022.040606.
Jingfei Gao
Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
Berlin, Alexanderplatz is a novel completed by Döblin in 1929 that marks the pinnacle of Döblin's literary output. The novel tells the story of Franz Biberkopf's difficult survival in Berlin after his release from prison. The dark thread of the novel is Biberkopf's struggle with god of death, in which the theme of sin and punishment is embedded. By analysing and explaining the transformation of Biberkopf's perception of the problem of sin and punishment, it shows the process of his soul's active lowering of its will towards the path of rationalism. It analyzes the Volitionalism, irrationalism and rationalism hidden under the motif of sin and punishment.
Berlin, Alexanderplatz, Sin and Punishment, Volitionalism, Rationalism
Jingfei Gao. The Sin and Punishment in Döblin's Berlin, Alexanderplatz. Frontiers in Art Research (2022) Vol. 4, Issue 6: 26-29. https://doi.org/10.25236/FAR.2022.040606.
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