On Darwinism in The Bridges of Madison County

Fengcai SHI

Abstract


American writer Robert James Waller wrote The Bridges of Madison County in 1992. It is a love story related to the extramarital relationships. In this essay, we will discuss the novel from the view of Darwinism. In this essay, we will analyze the characteristic and the discourse of Kincaid, then we can prove that Waller is influenced by Darwinism, while, he does not believe in it completely as he shows his faith in God at the same time. Meanwhile, we should also pay attention to the theory of Freudian in this novel. Waller adopted both Darwinism and Freudian to describe the love between Kincaid and Francisca. 


Keywords


Darwinism; Freud; Waller’s Darwinism; Theory of evolution; Natural selection

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