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Keys, Charlotte. "Shakespeare's existentialism." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2012. http://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/0e721b8c-8965-dfc5-ec3f-a95a0b56fb0f/8/.
Full textSilvester, Rosalind Karen. "Language and philosophy in Jean-Paul Sartre's Les chemins de la liberte." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325683.
Full textTan, Tijen. "Existentialism And Samuel Beckett." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608995/index.pdf.
Full texts 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.
Deramchia, Y. "William Faulkner and existentialism." Thesis, University of Essex, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.374716.
Full textThompson, Neil. "Existentialism and social work." Thesis, Keele University, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.293995.
Full textFuruhashi, Ryutaro. "Deconstruction, existentialism, and art /." Online version of thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/12262.
Full textRooney, Victoria. "Shestov's religious existentialism - a critique." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.315018.
Full textWalker, Kaylin Marie. "The Existentialism Behind Nolan's Batman." Thesis, Boston College, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2611.
Full textDespite a long affiliation with film dating back to the French New Wave, existentialism has remained a fascination reserved for art film producers and intellectual viewers for decades. In the early twenty-first century, director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy marked the first time existentialism bubbled over from niche art films into the most blatant form of popular culture: the summer blockbuster. This analysis explores Batman Begins and The Dark Knight as up-to-date pictures of modern existentialism, embodied by Bruce Wayne’s journey through fear, chaos and rebirth, mirroring the existentialist advancement through uncertainty to freedom and self-creation
Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2012
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
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Guha, Swapan Kumar. "Intellect and emotion in existentialism." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/45.
Full textSamuelsson, Erik. "Kristen Existentialism : Är målet att tro?" Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-32238.
Full textClayton, Leigh. "Authentic heroes : existentialism and film noir." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1996. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU099168.
Full textBogaerts, Jo. "Transcendence Estranged: Sartre, Kafka and French Existentialism." Doctoral thesis, Université d'Anvers, Anvers, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/264950.
Full textVan, 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.
Full textGatt-Corona, Luis Ernesto. "Existentialism in the cinema of Michelangelo Antonioni." Thesis, University of Reading, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.395178.
Full textBenjamin, Elizabeth Frances. "The authenticity of ambiguity : Dada and existentialism." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5600/.
Full textNicoll, Laurence. "Existentialism in the novels of James Kelman." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22523.
Full textPilkington, Marilyn E. (Marilyn Elizabeth) Carleton University Dissertation English. "Existentialism in the novels of Graham Greene." Ottawa, 1988.
Find full textWilliams, Michael T. "The epistemological subject/object relationship in existentialism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
Full textMoore, Cody Earl. "Movement in being an existential reading of Habakkuk /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
Full textSakkos, Tiina. "Existentialism and feminism in Kezilahabi`s novel Kichwamaji." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-94160.
Full textIn 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
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.
Full textO'Dwyer, Graham M. "Nationalism as existentialism: Charles de Gaulle's worldview reconsidered." Thesis, University of Kent, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.593920.
Full textGreen, Claire Catherine. "Authentic existence : its individual and social dimensions." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/41442.
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Germain, Rosie. "The British and American reception of French existentialism, 1939-1972." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708183.
Full text(basar), Baskaya Dilek. "Camus: A Rebel At The Junction Of Existentialism And Skepticism." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613263/index.pdf.
Full texts stance in existentialism and scepticism, to discuss his philosophy by referring to his life, which, in many respects, forms a foundation for his philosophy and to exhibit that he maintains his contemporariness in the 21st century. As existentialism is treated differently by different philosophers, the main concern of the thesis is to discuss how Camus handles it. This is done by focusing on his approach to issues appearing commonly in existentialism, such as the absurd, suicide, God, rebellion, freedom, and alienation and by scrutinising the link between existentialism and skepticism. According to Camus, the absurd is the paradoxical condition caused by a contradiction or a confrontation of two unequal concepts or situations. The merit, for Camus, is to survive despite the disillusionment the absurd brings about. Consequently, he is against suicide because he regards it as surrender to the absurd. Camus claims that it is man himself who can make his own life meaningful. Thus, man may question the existence of God and revolt metaphysically against the absurdity and injustice in the world. The metaphysical rebel can then establish the unity and order that he believes is lacking in the world. Camus attaches great importance to rebellion because it brings man freedom. And freedom is indispensable because being deprived of freedom means submission to an authority and, therefore, loss of human dignity. Alienation is a major issue for Camus, too, as it is a result of man&rsquo
s &lsquo
thrownness&rsquo
on to the world and displays the human situation. The thesis analyses the above items in detail with reference to all Camus&rsquo
s major works.
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.
Full textDulley, Paul Richard. "'In front of your nose' : the existentialism of George Orwell." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2015. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/56743/.
Full textTheobald, Tom Paul. "Existentialism and baseball : the French philosophical roots of Paul Auster." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436163.
Full textWebber, Jonathan Mark. "Consciousness-in-the-world : an analytical investigation of the theory of phenomenal consciousness in the early works of Jean-Paul Sartre." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2001. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1317561/.
Full textGrassano, Matteo. "Il territorio dell'esistenza : Francesco Biamonti (1928-2001)." Thesis, Université Côte d'Azur (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AZUR2003/document.
Full textThe PhD Thesis is devoted to the study of the work and the poetics of Francesco Biamonti (1928-2001). It proposes a critical analysis showing the connections between the writing of the author, in both its themes and its stylistic choices, and its underlying cultural influences. Biamonti’s novels appear as an attempt to express his personal vision of the world and the human condition, which the Italian writer developed as autodidact all along his life. Framing this vision cannot ignore the considerations of the author about the Ligurian west territory, represented through its twentieth century transformations and its contemporary topics. Thus, the juxtaposition of the words territory and existence in the title suggests the first key to read this work by.The PhD Thesis is articulated in three main parts. The first part, through the study of the narrative space, analyses Biamonti’s reflections on the Mediterranean and European history; moreover, it contains the literary mechanisms and the mythopoietic processes characterizing the representation of the Ligurian territory and the French “Elsewhere” in the novels of the author. The second part is concerned with the study of the characters and, in light of a series of philosophical readings, it examines Biamonti’s conception of the human reality and existence. The third and final part explores the idea of artistic creation and highlights specific characteristics
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.
Full textTitle from PDF t.p. (viewed 06/23/10). Advisor: Albino Carrillo. Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-75). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center.
Brydon, James. "Writing World War Two in French Literarure from Existentialism to Postmodernism." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.516993.
Full textHohman, Xiamara Elena. "Transcending the “Malaise”: Redemption, Grace, and Existentialism in Walker Percy’s Fiction." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1272680647.
Full textSantos, 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.
Full textArchard, David. "Marxism and existentialism : the political philosophy of Sartre and Merleau-Ponty /." Aldershot (GB) ; Brookfield (Vt.) : Gregg revivals, 1992. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37478407x.
Full textGaine, Vincent M. "Existential Mann : existentialism and social engagement in the films of Micheal Mann." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.501745.
Full textImmerman, 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.
Full textThis 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.
Gibson, Paul. "Uninhabitable paradoxes? Existentialism and gender representation in the fiction of William McIlvanney." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1999. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.484209.
Full textHerring, Lesley Virginia. "The existential and postmodern individual." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2371.
Full textBerglund, Maria M. "Ensam inför existensen : ensamheten som grundtematik i Inger Edelfedlts romaner." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Litteraturvetenskap, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-943.
Full textau, kward@central murdoch edu, and Koral Ward. "In the blink of an eye : an investigation into the concept of the 'decisive moment' (Augenblick) as found in nineteenth and twentieth century western philosophy." Murdoch University, 2005. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20061121.110354.
Full textBrown, Brittany S. "Sleepwalk, Dance, Repeat." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/philosophy_hontheses/9.
Full textБушман, Ірина Олександрівна, Ирина Александровна Бушман, Iryna Oleksandrivna Bushman, and Ж. Деркач. "Экзистенциализм - проблема человека." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2007. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/17479.
Full textОпанасюк, Валентина Володимирівна, Валентина Владимировна Опанасюк, Valentyna Volodymyrivna Opanasiuk, and А. Шаповал. "Гуманістичний зміст філософських міркувань Ж.-П. Сартра." Thesis, Вид-во СумДУ, 2010. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16603.
Full textВандишев, Валентин Миколайович, Валентин Николаевич Вандышев, Valentyn Mykolaiovych Vandyshev, and Ю. Линник. "Проблема отчуждения в романе "Первый человек" Альбера Камю." Thesis, Вид-во СумДУ, 2010. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16548.
Full textBohlmann, 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.
Full textZager, Brian. "Hearing Existenzspeak: An Existential Response to Millennial Angst." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/872.
Full textGustafson, Andrew B. "Lev Shestov the faith of a Russian existentialist /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
Full textBerglund, Maria M. "Kvinna inför existensen : konflikten mellan existentialism och feminism i Inger Edelfedlts "Det hemliga namnet"." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Litteraturvetenskap, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-942.
Full textSykes, Britt-Mari. "Existentialism, psychology and religion, a comparative study of Viktor Frankl and Paul Tillich." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0007/MQ45251.pdf.
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