| Abstrakt: |
Through a critical investigation of Philip K. Dick's best-selling novel The Man in the High Castle , this essay attempts to unearth deeper levels of characterisation and motifs in the novel by discovering the implicit and nuanced symbolisms of the I Ching (Book of Changes) incorporated within it. The article scrutinises the influences of the I Ching upon Dick's literary creation, particularly how the major themes of decay, death, and the return of light are uniquely depicted in the I Ching cycle of yin and yang , and metaphorically symbolised by several corresponding hexagrams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
