关键词: 读者反应批评, 存在意义, 语境重构

Abstract:  'This article aims to reeonstruet the meaning of existenee in Milan Kundera's novel The Unbear.able Lightness of Being from the perspective of readers’ response criticism. Thrugh the analysis of char.acters and relationships, it explores the implications of existenee and prompts reflection on states of beingand the value of life. lt reveals how the work guides readers to reconstruet their personal sense of exist.enee, showcasing the authenticity and dimensions of “being" as well as the prcess of self-fulfillment.embodying the motive of a life. Kundera uses characters’ rebellion , introspection , and self-awakening toeritique an idyllic desire and ponder death. "his article emphasizes the novel's deconstruction of nihilisticparadoxes and reconstruction of life wisdom, offering readers a new perspective on the meaning of humanexistenee. Ultimately, it is suggested that the “ weight" of life must be manifested through relationshipswith others; only by establishing and maintaining these connections can the motives of life become appar.ent, and the meaning of existence tmly be comprehended.

Key words: readers’response criticism, existenee significanee, context reconstruetion