THE STRANGER AND METAMORPHOSIS: A COMPARISON By WEI YUDAN School of Government‚ 1000016939 [Abstract] Kafka’s novel The Metamorphosis and Camus’ The Stranger both lie an essential absurdity‚ and they both feature situations out of which come to light existentialist values. While The Metamorphosis highlights that one must interact with society in order to have a meaning in life. As for the differences‚ each novel has its individual narrative point of view and typical writing style. [Key Words] The
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be. However‚ with every bit of freedom that is granted to man‚ there is an inevitable and considerable amount of responsibility that comes along with it. In Basic Writings of Existentialism‚ Jean-Paul Sartre provides readers with a life-questioning preposition on the freedom granted to man. According to existentialism‚ every individual has full and unlimited freedom in his or her life. The proposed notion that everyone must carry the weight of responsibility in every choice that they make‚ begins
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14 External links Definitional issues and background[edit] There has never been general agreement on the definition of existentialism. The technological term is often seen as a historical convenience as it was first applied to many philosophers in hindsight‚ long after they had died. In fact‚ while existentialism is generally considered to have originated with Kierkegaard‚ the first prominent existentialist philosopher to adopt the term as a self-description was Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre purports
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Jean-Paul Sartre’s easy‚ “Existentialism is a Humanism.” The underground man is totally aware that he alone is responsible for his choices‚ or lack thereof‚ and suffers the anguish of his choices before he even makes a decision. This is precisely what causes his inaction and provides him with existentialist qualities. The underground man is sub-consciously‚ an existentialist‚ in terms of Sartre’s essay. To make the subject clear‚ this is how I interpreted Sartre’s “Existentialism is a Humanism.” The
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Composition RR Outline and Draft four Ms. Gretchen Lee 499110296 Rain Liu 11th June‚ 2012 Outline of Existentialism of Camus –L’Étranger (The Stranger) I. Introduction with thesis statement By analysing the elements of absurdity and tragic antagonism of modern antihero Meursault in the classic masterpiece “L’Étranger”‚ general readers can better grasp the ideas of existentialism‚ moreover‚ to even take some times pondering our own solitary situation and existence in this world.
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THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD The dictionary meaning of the word ‘Absurd’ is unreasonable‚ ridiculous or funny. But it is used in a somewhat different sense when we speak of the ‘Theatre of the Absurd’‚ or more commonly known now-a-days as ‘Absurd Drama’. The phrase ‘The Theatre of the Absurd’ was coined by the critic Martin Esslin‚ who made it the title of his book on the same subject‚ published in 1961. Esslin points out in this book that there is no such thing as a regular
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Modern Literature. Ed. Ellmann and Fiedelson. New York: oxford UP‚ 1965. 809-811 McKissack‚ Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack. Young‚ Black and Determined: A Biography Lorraine Hansberry. 1st ed. New York: Holiday House‚ 1998. MacIntyre‚ A. ―Existentialism.‖ The Encyclopedia of Philosophy‚ vol. III. Ed. Paul Edwards. New York: Macmillan‚ 1967. Nemiroff‚ Jewell Handy Gresham. Foreword to the Vintage Edition. A Raisin in the Sun. By Lorraine Hansberry. New York: Random House‚ 1987. ix-xiv Nemiroff
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Augusto Boal). The cynicism of this remark reflects the aberrant attitude towards absurdism‚ yet there is truth to it. Theatre of the absurd is an esoteric avant-garde style of theatre based on the principles of existentialism that looks at the world without any assumption of purpose. Existentialism and Theatre of the Absurd became identified with a cultural movement that flourished in Europe in the 1940s and 1950s‚ after the Second World War. The idea that man starts with nothing and ends with nothing
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writing and free association of ideas. Although few plays written by the surrealists are highly regarded‚ the movement had a great influence on later avant-garde theater -- notably the theater of the absurd and the theater of cruelty. Existentialism Existentialism is a philosophy (promoted
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and moods helped formulate the philosophies of Existentialism and the Absurd as associated with Sartre and Camus. Due to Camus’ working-class upbringing‚ he grows up with a suspicion toward idealism and introspection. He was never one to invest in dreaming. He was interested in living life and the struggle for meaning without the distraction of dreams and fabrications. Although Camus later tried to distance himself from the concept of Existentialism‚ critics still place him there and his own ideas
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