METAPHYSICAL CONNOTATIONS IN HESSE’S NOVELS: AN EXERTION IN DERIVING EDUCATIONAL DIMENTIONS

Abstract

In the present time, philosophical descriptive researches have started gaining some ground. The study bridging literature and education through philosophical analysis of metaphysical ideas taken from the works of Hermann Hesse, a German writer equates education with life. Anyone moving towards individuation may study the developmental process of the Hesse‟s characters and may realize the real meaning of life and education. This paper makes one understand the importance of „education for the self and by the self‟. The research objective was to study metaphysical and ontological ideas as reflected in his selected literary works and to derive dimensions of education from the analytical study. It was found that a free flowing individual accepting life as it comes and plunging into experiences has more scope for learning and education, as professed by Hesse should free the learner from past memories and future expectations.