The Problem of Human Self-improvement in Goethe's Tragedy "faust"
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The authors of this article refer to Goethe's tragedy "Faust" due to the current problems of Russian education, which is influenced by digital didactics. The result of this influence, according to the authors, is a decrease in interest in self-knowledge as the basis of human self-improvement. The teacher's task is to arouse students’ interest in learning themselves and investigating their future. Goethe's Faust presents a solution to this problem. A person (student) must objectively assess the level of his intellectual and spiritual development, in fact, test his abilities. Both a person's mind and feelings are put to the test. A person's faith in God is also being tested. The uncertainty of the meaning of the word God (both as a concept and as an idea), which Faust and Margarita discuss, speaks to the uncertainty of human knowledge. The negative experience of Faust's life, who trusted Mephistopheles, speaks about the need for independence in human life. Faust strives for freedom, but underestimates the presence of a natural human trait – dependence, which appears to him in the form of Care. At the end of his life, Faust understands the meaning of human life and expresses it in the words: "Nur der verdient sich Freiheit wie das Leben, Der täglich sie erobern muß» [1]. For modern readers of the tragedy "Faust," knowledge of Faust's life experience serves as the basis for determining the path and ways to achieve their meaning in life.
Authors: Kondratyev Viktor, Pogrebnyak Yulia
Institutions: Moscow State Pedagogical University, Zhengzhou University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7111169021
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