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John Michael Sasan. "Existentialism and Its Influence on Our Understanding of Knowledge, Truth, Morality, Values, and Religion." European Journal of Learning on History and Social Sciences 1, no. 1 (April 1, 2023): 40–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.61796/ejlhss.v1i1.11.

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Existentialism is a philosophical movement that has had a significant impact on our understanding of knowledge, truth, morality, values, and religion. This research aims to explore the influence of existentialism on these fundamental aspects of human existence. The research methodology involved an extensive review of literature from prominent existentialist philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche. The findings of this research highlight that existentialism challenges the traditional view of objective truth and knowledge, emphasizing the subjective and personal experience of individuals. Furthermore, existentialism posits that individuals must create their own values and meaning in life, rather than relying on external sources such as religion or society. In terms of morality, existentialism emphasizes the individual's responsibility for their actions, as opposed to being governed by universal ethical principles. The limitations of this research include the focus on Western existentialist philosophy, neglecting other cultural and philosophical traditions. The contribution of this research is that it sheds light on the influence of existentialism on various aspects of human existence and highlights the significance of subjective experience and personal responsibility. The practical implication of this research is that it provides insight into the importance of individualism and personal agency in various domains, such as education, mental health, and politics. The novelty of this research lies in the comprehensive exploration of existentialism's influence on various aspects of human existence, providing a unique perspective on these topics.

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Mulyadi, Mulyadi, Giry Marhento, and Henny Suharyati. "EKSISTENSIALISME SEBAGAI DASAR ANALISIS DALAM MEMAHAMI GURU DAN SISWA PADA PENDIDIKAN DASAR." Jurnal Manajemen Pendidikan 9, no. 1 (April 30, 2024): 52–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.34125/jmp.v9i1.62.

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Existentialism is a philosophy and its methodological roots come from the phenomological method developed by Hussel. Existentialism is closely related to education. This is because the center of existentialism's discussion is human existence, while education is only carried out by humans. The aim of education is to encourage every individual to be able to develop all his potential for self-fulfillment. The implication of the philosophy of existentialism in education is to provide broad and comprehensive experience in all forms of life. The goal of existential education is human freedom. Existentialist teachers must be able to foster a spirit of self-discipline and responsibility in their students. The role of teachers in the existentialist perspective is that teachers are tasked with protecting and maintaining academic freedom. Teachers give students the freedom to choose and provide them with experiences that will help them discover their lives and teachers also act as facilitators for students in developing their own potential. This article uses a qualitative approach by applying the literature study method. Elementary school students only experience the pre-existential period but continue to be formed with character education in the form of guidance services.

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Priyadharshini, P., S. Mohan, and Ahdi Hassan. "A Feministic Discourse of Existentialism in Namita Gokhale’s Select Works." World Journal of English Language 12, no. 2 (March 16, 2022): 134. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v12n2p134.

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Existentialism argues for people’s way of life and rights. The structure of existentialism shows people’s misery and action to achieve their aim and their obligations. Existentialist feminism talks for women to make them realise their existence. The ideas of existentialist feminism theory are compared with Namita Gokhale’s selected texts Priya: In Incredible Indyaa (2011), The Book of Shadows (1999), and Things to Leave Behind (2016). The concepts of existentialist feminism examined with Namita Gokhale’s women characters of the selected texts to analyse their choice, existence, etc. The selected texts have the ideas of existentialist feminism. Existentialist feminism is explored through the attributions of the life of women characters in Namita Gokhale’s selected texts Priya: In Incredible Indyaa (2011), The Book of Shadows (1999), and Things to Leave Behind (2016). In Namita Gokhale’s selected works, the leading characters are represented existentialism aspects are Priya, Rachita, and Tilottama. For this research, the researchers of chosen current study theorists are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Albert Camus. The methodology of this study adopts this theory to analyse the reflection of existentialist feminism in Namita Gokhale’s selected texts. This study compares with the other studies related to existentialism feminism. Future study recommendations are psychoanalysis theory, alienation, feminism, and identity crisis.

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Syvachenko, Galyna M., and Antonina V. Anistratenko. "VOLODYMYR VYNNYCHENKO’S PHILOSOPHICAL AND AESTHETIC VIEWS: THE EXPERIENCE OF FRENCH EXISTENTIAL." Alfred Nobel University Journal of Philology 1, no. 27 (June 3, 2024): 53–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.32342/2523-4463-2024-1-27-4.

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The relevance of the proposed research is determined by the reviving the interest of modern literary studies of the figure of Volodymyr Vynnychenko, determining the place of his creativity in the context of European modernism, the ambiguity of assessments of this phenomenon in the context of Ukrainian fine literature. The article examines Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s novels in the discourse of French Existentialism. Attention is focused on outlining the similarities and differences between J.-P. Sartre, A. Camus and V. Vynnychenko’s worldviews and aesthetic views. The origins of the existentialist method in the work of the Ukrainian émigré writer and its inclusion in the discourse of French atheistic of Existentialism are also analysed, and some conclusions of the “Mougins” cycle of Vynnychenko’s works are investigated using summarized prospects for its study in a broad and its European context is also outlined. The authors examine the forms and methods of aesthetic refraction of the basic concepts of existentialism (absurdity, rebellion, freedom, choice, and relationships at the level “I – the Other”). The purpose of the work and the tasks involve analyzing the philosophical and artistic texts of Vynychenko in the discourse of French existentialism, as well as revealing the main philosophical ideas and functions of the novels of the Ukrainian writer, consistent with the creative guidelines of J.-P. Sartre and A. Camus. The set of goals determines the need for the use of hermeneutic (analysis of artistic texts), historical-literary, comparative-typological (posing and solving a number of literary problems in the context of equal national literature, and biographical (using diary entries) research methods. The problem is determining the place of ideology in the context of French existentialism and the “Mougins’” cycle of Vynnychenko’s works, was raised in literary studies as early as the 70s of the last century, in particular by diaspora researchers S. Naumovych and L. Zaleska-Onyshkevych, who tried to show the priority of Vynnychenko’s writing compared to Sartre and Camus. The problem of existentialism as a philosophical direction was considered in the late 1940s among the members of the Artistic Ukrainian Movement, attempting to formulate the concept of “Ukrainian existentialism”. The Ukrainian researcher Ya. Kotets includes diaspora representatives 70 years later in the article “The Formula of Ukrainian Existentialism” (2021). There are several Ukrainian and Soviet writers who produce some existential ideas and elements of existential interpretation of human life, but they should not be called conscious writers-existentialists. Among modern Ukrainian works need to name “Existentialist philosophy. Traditions and perspectives” by S. Raida (2009), as well as the comparative study “Ukrainian version of artistic existentialism: B.I. Antonych, V. Svidzinsky, T. Osmachka in the European context” (2020) by H. Tokman, where is introduced the concept of “artistic existentialism”. The critical optics of the research make it possible to combine the historical and philosophical specificity of the interwar twenty years and the post-war period, on which are built the works of Vynnychenko, Sartre and Camus. It is an attempt to show the originality of the philosophical and aesthetic views of the emigrant Vynnychenko in the paradigm of French existentialism, to demonstrate the similarity of the Ukrainian type of philosophizing (from Skovoroda, Franko, Lesya Ukrainka to Vynnychenko), to analyze his characteristic orientation towards a person who faces the eternal problems of life, death, and evil. Such non-scientific philosophizing gave birth to special genre forms: essay, aphorism, portrait, dialogue, drama, and novel, which can be found in V.Vynnychenko’s literary work. Vynnychenko belongs to those thinkers who went beyond the boundaries of traditional philosophy in order to comprehend the broader meaning of the entire spiritual culture, developing the ideas of A. Schopenhauer, F. Nietzsche, A. Bergson, the theosophical theory of R. Steiner, in their writings. Vynnychenko set himself the goal of revealing prospects for further development to man, to give meaning to its existence, to point it to certain positive values, that is, to overcome the extremes of German and French existentialism and develop a positive philosophical platform.

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Setyabudi, Titis, and Basyir Yasier Rais. "Love, Loss, and Resilience: an in-depth Literary Analysis of 'All the Bright Places' (2015) through the Lens of Existentialism." Edunity Kajian Ilmu Sosial dan Pendidikan 2, no. 11 (November 25, 2023): 1326–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.57096/edunity.v2i11.171.

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This in-depth literary analysis explores the novel "All the Bright Places" (2015) by Jennifer Niven This research examines an existentialist perspective, focusing on the themes of love, loss, and resilience. By applying an existentialist lens with the aim of (1) From an existentialist perspective, how the themes of love, loss, and resilience are expressed in this novel; (2) Analyze the concepts of individual freedom and personal responsibility in this novel and the existentialist implications that arise from the characters and storyline; (3) Discover the role of the themes of death and loss in this story and how they can be understood through the lens of existentialism. This research method is a descriptive qualitative method using content analysis techniques and note-taking techniques in data analysis. The data of this research comes from the literary work All the Bright Places (2015). Through this exploration, this research reveals the timeless exploration of humanity and existentialism in literature

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Imran, Suwitno Y., Apripari, Mohamad Hidayat Muhtar, Jufryanto Puluhulawa, Julisa Aprilia Kaluku, and Lisnawaty W. Badu. "Existentialism and environmental destruction: Should polluters face criminal punishment or an existential crisis?" E3S Web of Conferences 506 (2024): 06001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202450606001.

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This study examines how existentialism, which emphasizes purpose, freedom, and individual life, affects environmental harm. The study asks: should environmental polluters face only criminal penalties or existential crises as a deeper moral responsibility? Conceptual normative research is used in this work. This study analyses existentialist and environmental criminal law literature to link existential crises to environmental degradation. The results imply that existentialism—a philosophy that analyses meaning, freedom, and existence—is linked to rampant environmental deterioration. This study suggests that environmental harm perpetrators should confront an “existential crisis” rather than criminal punishment. The crisis is forcing a reorientation of values and actions, which affects business behaviour, environmental ethics, and criminal law. Existentialism in Environmental Law and ethics broadens “responsibility” and “accountability,” while offering a more inclusive, democratic, and sustainable paradigm.

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Haqqi, Sabilal, Mardhiah Abbas, and Abrar M. Daud Faza. "Film Attack on Titan dalam Pandangan Filsafat Eksistensialisme Jean-Paul Sartre." AHKAM 3, no. 1 (January 18, 2024): 218–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.58578/ahkam.v3i1.2606.

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Jean-Paul Sartre is a famous figure in the fields of philoshophy and literature, considered one of the parents of contemporary existentialism. Existentialism is a philosophical school which argues that all phenomena originate from existence, or the existence of something. Existentialism is a protest against the concept of “logic” and “nature” which were emphasized in the enlightenment period (Enlightenment) in the eighteenth century. Sarte’s existentialist philosophical thought is La Liberte or human freedom. Humans are free, independent. Therefore, he must be free to determine and decide, he acts alone without other people around or with him. This research analyzes Jean-Paul Sartre's views on the theory of existentialism in the film Attack on Titan. This film is related to the theory of existentialism by Jean-Paul Sartre, a philosopher who developed the current of existentialism. By using the research method "library research" with a qualitative approach. The aim of this research is to describe the philosophical views of existentialism and analyze the extent to which the values and concepts in Jean-Paul Sartre's theory can be harmonized with the principles of Islamic teachings. In conclusion, it can be seen that the film "Attack on Titan" effectively reflects Sartre's thoughts about free human existence and responsibility for the world around him. Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialism, although emphasizing personal responsibility and individual freedom, was secular and perhaps not in harmony with religious principles, especially Islam. Some concepts of existentialism, such as the emphasis on absolute freedom, can conflict with the Islamic view which places obedience to Allah as the main principle.

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Ulwiyah, Risadatul. "EXISTENTIALISM IN ARABIC LITERATURE: PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS, MODELS, FIGURES, AND CRITICISM." LINGUISTIK : Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra 8, no. 4 (November 15, 2023): 619. http://dx.doi.org/10.31604/linguistik.v8i4.619-627.

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This article discusses existentialism in Arabic literature. The purpose of this study is to describe the philosophical foundations that underlie existentialism, models or forms of existentialism, figures who apply existentialism in their literature works, critiques of existentialism. The method used in collecting data is the technique of looking at notes on reference sources in books related to existentialism. The results of the study show that the foundations philosophical of existentialism is that humans have the highest authority in governing themselves with responsible freedom. The models that appear in this exsistentialism are novels, dramas, poetry with themes of anxiety, sadness and others. Arab literary figures who apply this exsistentialism in their works include: 'Abd al-Rahman Badawi, Khalil al-Hawi, Abd al-Wahab al-Bayati, Taufiq al-Hakim. Later in its development, existentialism received some criticism because of its extreme ideas which were contrary to what was brought by Islam, that humans must believe in God and the values of intellectual heritage.

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Yahyaei, Davood, and Fakhteh Mahini. "The Influence of existentialism on teaching methods." International Journal of Learning and Teaching 9, no. 3 (September 5, 2017): 354–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/ijlt.v9i3.600.

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Existential theories and Humanistic psychology are widely used in education. According to existentialists, fundamental problem of philosophy is Valuation and choice. Making existential methods in the classroom requires a balance in which both teachers and students as human beings preserve its identity. Existentialist philosopher and humanist psychologists advocate the kind of teaching and learning methods that focus on the learner and Care about individual differences. The research objective was identifying the teaching methods and the characteristics of each one supported by this approach. This research was done using qualitative content analysis and reviewing literature on the subject was published. The method of data analysis was thematic coding by using deductive category application. The results showed that the existentialists emphasized on the relation "I - you" between teacher and student thus support the teaching methods that consider individual patterns and indirect instructions. These methods cause growth of efficient relations and positive self-concept. Such methods are dialogue; Learner-centered method and developing positive self-concept. existential education goals cannot be predetermined and cannot the teacher and the educational system impose to students. Everyone assumes responsibility for its education. So, the teaching methods which develop concepts related to individual growth or focus on the learner are supported by this sect. Keywords: existentialism, existential Education, dialogue, Learner-centered method, Positive self-concept;

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Stoten, David William. "Exige-stential leadership: exploring the limits of leadership in a crisis." Leadership & Organization Development Journal 42, no. 3 (January 26, 2021): 333–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lodj-09-2020-0378.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how leadership can better respond to a crisis. It aims to integrate ideas from existentialism into a discussion of how leadership could develop and provoke debate.Design/methodology/approachA review of the literature on leadership, crisis management and existentialism was adopted for the preferred research methodology.FindingsThis paper identified a gap in the literature on leadership in an exigency and offered an alternative to the technical-rationalist conceptions of leadership behaviour.Practical implicationsReference is made to the benefits of counselling for leaders following a crisis.Originality/valueThis paper is an original contribution to the work on leadership. Through the concept of exige-stential leadership, this paper integrates ideas taken from existentialist philosophy, to provide a new way of conceptualising leadership in an exigency.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Existentialism in literature"

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Van, Velzen Nicolas Herman. "Literature and existentialism, the case of Dostoyevsky." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ40179.pdf.

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Tan, Tijen. "Existentialism And Samuel Beckett." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608995/index.pdf.

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This thesis carries out an analysis of the plays by Samuel Beckett, Endgame and Happy Days. It achieves this by exploring how the playwright&rsquo
s characterization, setting and use of language in these plays display his tendency to employ some existentialist concepts such as despair, anxiety and thrownness on the way to authenticity. This study argues that there are some similarities between Beckett&rsquo
s two plays and Existentialism, and some characters in both plays display the existentialist man who is looking for becoming an authentic man. In other words, although there are some differences, these plays show that Samuel Beckett&rsquo
s view of Existentialism is quite similar to the Sartrean view.

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van, Velzen Nicolas Herman. "Literature and existentialism, the case of Dostoyevsky (Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russia)." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ44894.pdf.

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Pilkington, Marilyn E. (Marilyn Elizabeth) Carleton University Dissertation English. "Existentialism in the novels of Graham Greene." Ottawa, 1988.

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Hohman, Xiamara Elena. "Transcending the "malaise" : redemption, grace, and existentialism in Walker Percy's fiction." Dayton, Ohio : University of Dayton, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1272680647.

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Thesis (M.A. in English) -- University of Dayton.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed 06/23/10). Advisor: Albino Carrillo. Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-75). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center.

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Santos, Oscar de los. "The concealed dialectic : existentialism and (inter)subjectivity in the postmodern novel /." The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487843314695495.

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Sakkos, Tiina. "Existentialism and feminism in Kezilahabi`s novel Kichwamaji." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-94160.

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Makala hii inachambua riwaya ya pili ya mwandishi maarufu wa Kiswahili, Euphrase Kezilahabi (*1944) iitwayo Kichwamaji (1974). Inajaribu kuzingatia mikondo miwili ya uchambuzi yaani inajadili kwa ufupi nadharia ipi au mkondo upi wa kimawazo unafaa zaidi katika kuichambua riwaya hiyo: udhanaishi au ufeministi. Je, inawezekana kuunganisha yote mawili?
In this essay, I would like to analyse the novel Kichwamaji (‘Empty-head’; 1974) by the well-known Tanzanian writer Euphrase Kezilahabi against the background of two philosophical theories: existentialism and feminism. I will first discuss existentialism and the existentialist elements in the novel. Then I will present feminist theory and focus on the female characters in Kichwamaji. I will argue that a feminist reading of the novel is impossible due to its predominant existentialist character

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Bohlmann, Otto. "An exploration of major existential elements in the principal novels of Joseph Conrad." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23074.

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Jönsson, Ola. "Autobiographical Existentialism in Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för humaniora, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-1666.

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This essay investigates how Norman Mailer’s “true-life” novel The Executioner’s Song may also be read as an autobiography. The novel contains strong traces of Mailer’s existential philosophy as related to sexuality, non-conformity and death. The essay discusses the nature of the relationship between truth as defined by the author and the function of autobiography to tell the truth about a life. The discussion centres around Mailer’s conviction that the novel is a better, i.e. more accurate vehicle for truth than is the autobiography. The essay argues that the truth which Mailer imparts is less the “true” story of Gary Gilmore and more the “true” story of Norman Mailer.

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Immerman, Linda R. ""Stratagems to unblind" : reflexivity and existentialism in three novels by John Fowles." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21972.

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Bibliography: pages 161-174.
This thesis proposes to re-examine John Fowles's self-reflexive practice and its interactions with existential themes on the basis that critical commentaries have not fully accounted for the rigour of his reflexive approach, nor for the complexity of its interrelations with existential philosophy, as it is used in his work. In my introductory chapter, I give a brief outline of critical treatments of Fowles's reflexivity, identifying two broad approaches. The first of these suggests that a reflexive aesthetic is a means, for Fowles, of remaining within a realist frame in an age of epistemological scepticism about the validity of its premises. The second approach more explicitly links reflexivity to Fowles's existential scruples whereby the 'ontological guilt' engendered by the conscious control of novel-writing can be assuaged and a degree of 'authentication' achieved. Reflexivity, in other words, exposes the writer's own 'bad faith' and allows him to be purged of it, alongside his characters who engage in journeys of discovery, leading to greater self-knowledge and moral commitment, through the enabling medium of personal narrative. These approaches, I suggest, are limited in that they assume that Fowles's reflexive novels can be apprehended as a unified body of work located within a conservative poetics (thought to be peculiar to English fiction) and assimilated to a humanistic moral branch of existentialism. My own method, then, is to attempt to look more closely at what I call the "reflexive positions" of each of the three novels under discussion and to account for their differing theoretical, epistemological and ontological affinities by establishing the critical contexts in which they reflexively situate themselves. This enables a more thorough examination of Fowles's development as a reflexive writer than has been offered thus far. The careful specification of Fowles's reflexive commentaries, furthermore, allows for a critique of the assumption that his reflexivity is explicable entirely in terms of his existential commitment. The thrust of my argument is to throw into question the unproblematic alliance between aesthetic and philosophical concerns that commentators perceive in his work. These issues are traced through Fowles's first three novels, The Collector (1963), The Magus (Revised Edition, 1977) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969), each of which is treated in a separate chapter. My approach in these chapters is to specify clearly the "reflexive position" of the individual novel under discussion and then to examine critically its correlations with existential preoccupations. The resulting disruptions, contradictions and displacements I identify suggest a deviation in Fowles's work from the existential framework used to explain it and a growing concern with issues converging on postmodern and poststructuralist areas of inquiry, particularly the constitutive capacity of language, the decentering of the subject and the discursivity of what we call 'reality'. The typically recuperative positions Fowles's critics take up and the existentialist, moralist and humanistic grounds on which they interpret his work, I suggest, are inadequate to coping with his self-reflexive practice, necessitating such a reappraisal. A brief examination of his later novels in an appendix indicates that Fowles's movement away from humanist themes is anticipated in the earlier novels to a degree not widely recognised by critical commentaries.

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Books on the topic "Existentialism in literature"

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Paul, Sartre Jean. Literature & existentialism. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Publishing Group, 1994.

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Bohlmann, Otto. Conrad's existentialism. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.

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Leon, McBride William, ed. Existentialist literature and aesthetics. New York, USA: Garland, 1997.

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Arnold, Kaufmann Walter, ed. Existentialism: From Dostoevsky to Sartre. New York: Penguin Books, 2004.

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Jatoʼī, ʻAbdulvaḥīd. Vujūdiyata ain Sindhī adabu: Existentialism and Sindhi literature. Qanbar: Kanval Pablīkeshani, 2017.

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Kazmi, Syed Latif Hussain. Philosophy of Iqbal: Iqbal and existentialism. New Delhi: A.P.H. Pub. Corp., 1997.

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Iris, Murdoch. Existentialists and mystics: Writings on philosophy and literature. New York: Allen Lane/The Penguin Press, 1998.

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Kaur, Satnam. Graham Greene, an existentialist investigation. Amritsar: Guru Nanak Dev University, 1988.

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Oleksy, Elżbieta H. Theistic existentialism in American letters--Hawthorne and Percy. Łódź: Wydawn. Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1989.

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Muḥammad, ʻAnānī, ed. al-Wūjūd wa-al-ḥurrīyah: Bayna al-falsafah wa-al-adab. Al-Qāhirah, Miṣr: Al-Hayʼah al-Miṣrīyah al-ʻĀmmah lil-Kitāb, 2010.

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Book chapters on the topic "Existentialism in literature"

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Chung, Jae Won Edward. "Vitalism and Existentialism in Early South Korean Literature." In The Routledge Companion to Korean Literature, 316–29. New York: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429328411-33.

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Klein, Rony. "Sartre’s Presence in Israeli Literature: The Case of Hanoch Levin." In Sartre and the International Impact of Existentialism, 273–83. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38482-1_15.

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Keefe, Terry. "Literature and Existentialist Ethics in Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘Moral Period’." In The Ethics in Literature, 248–61. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27361-4_15.

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Anh, Thai Phan Vang. "The Wave of Existentialist Feminism in South Vietnamese Literature (1955–1975)." In Global Vietnam: Across Time, Space and Community, 89–102. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1043-4_6.

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Gosetti-Ferencei, Jennifer Anna. "Existentialism as Literature." In On Being and Becoming, 88–106. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190913656.003.0006.

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In the wake of scientific and industrial advances in the nineteenth century and the unprecedented destruction of two world wars in the twentieth, existentialist literature emerges as both a crisis of meaning and an ambivalent sense of possibility. This chapter shows how existentialism’s approaches to human existence naturally align with creative forms of expression, particularly those of literary modernism. This chapter examines the literary works by existentialist philosophers including Sartre, Beauvoir, and Camus, while demonstrating how other modernist writers—including Rainer Maria Rilke, Kafka, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison—extend the reach of existentialist thought. Absurdity, mortality, freedom, alienation, and the pressure on human consciousness of oppression are among the many themes explored in existentialist literature.

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Leak, Andrew. "Existentialism." In The Cambridge History of French Literature, 585–93. Cambridge University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/chol9780521897860.067.

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Malpas, Jeff. "Existentialism as literature." In The Cambridge Companion to Existentialism, 289–321. Cambridge University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ccol9780521513340.015.

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Snir, Reuven. "Existentialism: The Frightened Mouse." In Contemporary Arabic Literature, 216–32. Edinburgh University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781399503259.003.0007.

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The chapter discusses the significant impact of Franz Kafka on Arabic literary writing, not least because his work is torn between his conviction that the tragic fate of human existence is determined and his frustrated desire to change it. Between the lines, we meet the nostalgia for a lost paradise, or the concept of God, even if this God is not the same God for which “religious” people yearn. Kafka and many Arab writers share the feeling of hope, since it is not contradictory for fundamentally existentialist writing to find cause for hope. The major impact of Kafka on Arab writers has been in the area of fiction as is illustrated, for example, in the writing of Najīb Maḥfūẓ and Ṣunʽ Allāh Ibrāhīm, but here I explore his impact on Arabic poetry, discussing the inspiration that the Egyptian poet Ṣalāḥ ‘Abd al-Ṣabūr drew from Kafka. Both of them meet within the context of twentieth-century existentialism, sharing some kind of vision of the condition and existence of man, his place and function in the world, and his relation to God.

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Gosetti-Ferencei, Jennifer Anna. "Existentialism in Style and Substance." In On Being and Becoming, 11–34. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190913656.003.0002.

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This chapter considers the popular clichés surrounding existentialism and their limitations. It describes the emergence of existential philosophy among Parisian-based writers of the Left Bank in the 1940s (Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus) as grounded in their reception of nineteenth-century philosophy and literature, particularly Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche, along with their ties to modernist literature and phenomenological philosophy from across the European continent, and to African American literature and jazz. This chapter challenges the characterization of existentialism as nihilistic, despite its thinkers challenging traditional sources of meaning, and as egocentric, despite persistent focus on individual subjectivity. Demonstrating the heterogeneity of existentialist thinking, this chapter also identifies what philosophers and writers associated with existentialism share in common despite their differences.

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Rettová, Alena. "Existentialism and Swahili Literature." In Abdilatif Abdalla: Poet in Politics, 109–22. Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh8r030.16.

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Conference papers on the topic "Existentialism in literature"

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Slamova, Karolina. "EXISTENTIALISM IN LITERATURE." In 6th SWS International Scientific Conference on Arts and Humanities ISCAH 2019. STEF92 Technology, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sws.iscah.2019.1/s27.061.

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Veide, Martins. "Learning Self-Reliance and Responsibility from the Point of View of Existentialism." In 14th International Scientific Conference "Rural Environment. Education. Personality. (REEP)". Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Faculty of Engineering. Institute of Education and Home Economics, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/reep.2021.14.027.

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As a result of the increased amount of information the importance of its independent, critical evaluation is increasing, so that the knowledge learning would not be replaced by the accumulation of information. The responsibility for and the ability to evaluate information independently are relevant as learning outcomes of education for sustainable development. Responsibility and self-reliance as important areas of human life are the focus areas of the existentialist approach; still, this approach is very little used in pedagogy. The results of this research substantiate the topicality of the existentialist approach in modern humanistic pedagogy, in which the emphasis is placed on the personal significance of the learning process. The main aim of the article is to analyse the learning of self-reliance and responsibility from the point of view of existentialism and to evaluate the conditions of its realization in pedagogical practice. The study was done by combining the results of the author’s previous empirical research, observations in pedagogical practice and analysis of the scientific literature. In the minds of Latvian adults, their self-reliance and responsibility are integral components of both the quality of living and the meaning of learning. With age, there is a growing tendency to associate self-reliance not with independent thinking, but with independence and, consequently, existential concerns about the possibility of its realization. An important existential aspect of the learning process is: the distinction between learning to be self-reliant and responsible and learning to find a place in the network and function in pursuit of personal safety and worth. Self-reliance as a relative independence from security, belongingness and recognition and responsibility as an awareness of one's impulses, feelings and attitudes are related to the survival of existential loneliness and overcoming anxiety. Learning self-reliance and responsibility means learning self-reflection, learning to meet oneself, getting to know one's interests and the factors that cause fear, rather than diverting attention to others to information that helps to justify oneself.

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