This article mainly discusses the self-image and characteristics of Gide’s immoralists in terms of love, religion, and social public spheres. Love embodies the emotional world of the self, and religion expresses the ultimate concern of the self. Both belong to the inner spiritual world in a broad sense. In comparison, the social public sphere reflects the relationship between the self and the external social political reality. Whether it is from the Middle Ages to the modern era, or the evolution of modern society itself, the germination and evolution of self-consciousness cannot leave the above three aspects. In Gide’s writings, the self not only takes the immoralists as the form of personality, but also embodies in various social fields (including different forms of civilization). Through the above investigations, Gide’s works show the rich inner world and behavior of individuals, and thus also show the various forms of self-image. |