The Notebooks Of Malte Laurids Brigge: An Analysis

A work of art is an existence in itself which is born out of the artist’s own encounters with his existence. Any work of writing too, therefore, is an existence in itself, containing the existential experiences of the writer directly or indirectly. It is his life turned into art. However, it is not solely the experience of the writer. The writer, when he starts writing, gives the work the power to create its own self. Only through this freedom, the work emerges as a complete entity in itself.
Here, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge presents the experiences of Rilke but it is certainly something more than that. It is related to him, and at the same time, distinct from him. It is a complete existence in itself. The creation of Malte is not …show more content…
Even the persons mentioned in the text are confused about time. It is not something that disturbs us but it makes us understand that man’s pursuit of knowledge, of the absolute is timeless. It is a universal quest of being. It is the eternal question that remains unanswered. Many have tried to explore it but still there are no particular answers. It is a singular experience and exploration that does not end with time. It is a process that continues without any record of time in which human beings continue to explore themselves, and continue to try to reach the …show more content…
But is it really unexpected? When we read about his experiences in the past, and of his childhood, we realize that he has always been so. He did not realize it in the past. It is only now when he comes face to face with his mortal existence that he is able to understand his past experiences. He is able to understand his present experiences through his past. It is only when he understands that he is in full control of his actions that he realizes about these experiences as being something of his own. These experiences are not something from the outside but from his own inner being. He is able to understand that it is he who can control his reaction towards these experiences, and does so by confronting them. He is able to transcend himself by surviving through them in spite of all the fears that try to make him