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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<br>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<br>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

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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.<br>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?<br>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 exist

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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

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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.<br>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

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Rethore, Florent Philippe. "The evolution of the role of humanism in the combat against the absurd, from futility to essential: 1938-1945." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1555177391619455.

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Hohman, 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.

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Karr, Scott Michael. "Creating Meaning from the Meaningless: Existentialism and the Function of Language in Paul Bowles' "The Sheltering Sky"." W&M ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625822.

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Rettová, Alena. "Lidství utu? Ubinadamu baina ya tamaduni." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-97671.

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Taking its depature point in a translation of a play by a Czech playwright and philosopher, Václav Havel, into Swahili, the article strives at a cross-cultural comparison of a pivotal concept of Havel`s thought, lidství (`humanity´), and an equally central concept of Swahili moral and philosophical thought, utu. The basis of this copmparison is, on the Czech side, an explanation of Havel`s concept and its grounding in existentialist philosophy. The Swahili side is presented in a two-step procedure. First, the semantic field of `humanity´in the Swahili language, comprising utu and several conce

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Okamoto, Lʹucia Kazumi. "A literary model for evangelism among Brazilian humanists." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Moore, Elizabeth Roosevelt. "Being Black existentialism in the work of Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and James Baldwin /." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3034939.

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Wilcox, Eliot J. "The Absurd in the Briar Patch: Ellison's Invisible Man and Existentialism." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2305.

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This article claims that Ralph Ellison's use and then revision of French existential themes is essential to understanding his overriding message of Invisible Man: Ellison's hope for a more polyglot American democracy that transcends the white democracy of mid twentieth century America. Specifically, I argue that Ellison, after demonstrating his ability to understand and engage in the traditional ideology of European existentialism, deviates from its individualistic conclusions demanding that the larger community, not just the solitary individual, must become ethically responsible if the classi

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Slaymaker, Douglas. "Japanese literature after Sartre : Noma Hiroshi, Ōe Kenzaburō, and Mishima Yukio /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11079.

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Roche, Catherine Mary. "A philosophically based praxis for teaching symphonic music literature." Scholarly Commons, 2003. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2605.

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This study is directed to an awareness of and exploration concerning the wealth of the cultural heritage that the modern world possesses in the great body of symphonic music literature. A survey of musical education in this field showed a neglect of the subject compared to time and attention given to skills, theory, and performance. Practices are based on random individual philosophies for the most part. The author has pursued the development of techniques for teaching symphonic literature for several years, always questioning the educational philosophy that was best suited to this teaching, a

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Kilicci, Esra. "J.D. Salinger's characters as existential heroes encountering 1950s America /." Open access to IUP's theses and dissertations, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2069/103.

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Hardwick, Joseph Brian. "Romans et theses : french "existentialist" fiction, literary history and literary modernism /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16410.pdf.

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Boag, Cara Ingrid. "Solitude, suffering, and creativity in three existentialist novels." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1713.

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Thesis (MA (English Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As existent beings, we identify with the world through our thoughts and perceptions. Man is driven to seek meaning by the very complexities and contradictions of existence. As self-conscious beings, we cannot live without a sense of awareness and understanding. Creativity allows an individual to develop a unique understanding of the nature and destiny of man. This study draws attention to writers who were able to transcend their external environment and immerse themselves in a setting where man’s individ

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Seekins, M. Elizabeth. "L'importance d'autrui : une etude des themes existentialistes dans le roman Tous les hommes sont mortels par Simone de Beauvoir = The importance of others: a study of existential themes in the novel All men are mortal by Simone de Beauvoir /." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2007. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/SeekinsME2007.pdf.

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Dia, Fatimetou. "An Existential reading of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Engelska, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-41765.

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The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett has for a long time been considered one of his best works. Grasping the significance of key factors such as modernity, modernism and historical background is of great importance to situate and contextualise the play. As Beckett´s play belongs to the “Theatre of the Absurd”, the complicated aspects of where the play belongs has given opportunities for questioning. The intricate layers of the play have opened several doors for interpretation which has allowed diverse conclusions from various researchers. For that reason, further investigation on that

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Rahmani, Hanna. "Febrig i Kandreland : En existentialistisk läsning av tre av Mare Kandres verk." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-438480.

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Laitinen, Kerstin. "Begärets irrvägar existentiell tematik i Stig Dagermans texter /." Umeå : Stockholm, Sweden : Universitetet i Umeå ; Almqvist & Wiksell International [distributor], 1986. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/15265384.html.

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Murnion, Stephen. "The Limits of Existential Therapy in the Fiction of Nakamura Fuminori." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19674.

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Written within an existentialist mode, Nakamura Fuminori’s early fictional works lend themselves to be read as therapeutic technologies reaching out to Japanese youth whose lives are marked by anxiety, isolation, and precariousness. Because English-language scholarship on Nakamura is lacking, this thesis analyzes two of his novels – Child of Dirt and Evil and the Mask – in order to introduce how Nakamura understands the human, how his texts function formally as therapeutic technologies, and how, in the final analysis, they exhibit a nascent sexism that borders on misogyny.

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Davén, Krister. "Not Yet a Child of the Finite and the Infinite : Kierkegaardian Existentialism in William Golding’s Free Fall." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-8644.

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In William Golding’s Free Fall, the novel ends without its protagonist, Sammy Mountjoy, receiving the atonement he seeks. As a consequence, the novel ends in an unresolved manner, leaving Sammy in a state of suspension. Despite having a metaphysical awakening in a Nazi POW camp, the consequences of his enlightenment do not reflect the way the Sammy retrospectively narrates the tale of his life. The existentialist theories of Danish thinker and writer Søren Kierkegaard offer a solution to the dilemma. Kierkegaard’s theories concerning the aesthetic, ethical and religious spheres of life, as wel

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Řehák, Vilém. "Kazimoto and Meursault: `Brothers´in despair and loneliness." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-97684.

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Makala haya yanashughulikia maswahli ya udhanaishi katika fasihi ya Kiswahili. Makala yanalinganisha riwaya mbili, Mgeni ya mwandishi wa Kifaransa anayeitwa Albert Camus na Kichwamachi ya mwandishi wa Kiwahili, Euphrase Kezilahabi, na kuonyesha jinsi riwaya hizo zinayofanana na zinavyotofautiana. Kwa vile Kichwamaji inafanana na Mgeni, ni sahihi humwita Kezilahabi mwandishi ya udhanaishi, lakini kuna tofauti nyingi pia baina ya riwaya hizo mbili. Tofauti moja ni kwamba Albert Camus anamtazama mtu peke yake na hali yake iliyotengwa kabisa na watu wengine, na Kezilahabi, licha ya mtu peke yake,

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Torrubia, Juan Andres Amigo. "Existencialismo en La Lucha por La Vida." PDXScholar, 1994. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4748.

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El proposito principal de esta tesis es el de exponer los elernentos existencialistas que vernos en la trilogia La lucha por la vida, del escritor de la generaci6n de 1898, Pio Baroja. Esta la cornponen: La busca, Mala hierba, y Aurora roja. Partes de esta trilogia fueron escritas en 1904. Los existencialistas, nos hablan del incurable asilarniento del individuo, los absurdos rnecanisrnos de la sociedad que lo destruyen, el coraje del individuo al encarar la rnuerte pero a su vez aferrandose a la vida, la soledad, la agonia, la angustia, la incornunicabilidad de las almas, el peso y lo absurdo

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Braidwood, Alistair. "Iain Banks, James Kelman and the art of engagement : an application of Jean Paul Sartre's theories of literature and existentialism to two modern Scottish novelists." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2011. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3024/.

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Over and above applying Sartrean literary philosophy to Banks and Kelman this thesis therefore also offers a model of literary criticism that can be applied to a number of other contemporary Scottish authors. In conclusion, this thesis suggests that Sartre’s theories of literature can assist in the attempt to better understand the value of the writer in society, and of Kelman and Banks in particular. The comparison and contrast between Banks and Kelman makes clear the importance of contextualising the individual writer not only with the work of their contemporaries, but with the time, place an

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Hanna, Kifah. "Realities reflected and refracted : feminism(s) and nationalism(s) in the fiction of Ghādah al‐Sammān and Sah|ar Khalīfah." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/7820.

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This thesis examines the literary representations of feminist and nationalist struggles in the Middle East particularly in Lebanon and Palestine. It aims to explore the simultaneous articulation of these two pivotal concerns in contemporary Arabic literature written by Arab women, from the 1960s to the present. One of the primary goals of this thesis is to explore how contemporary feminist literature reflects the effects of national crises in the Middle East on women’s status. To this end, this thesis reads closely a number of the novels of two contemporary Arab women writers: Ghādah al‐Sammān

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Van, der Colff Margaretha Aletta Adams Douglas. "Douglas Adams : analysing the absurd." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08212008-183816.

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Yapar, Seda. "A Study Of Existentialproblems Faced By Kafkaesque And Pinteresque Characters." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12611773/index.pdf.

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The aim of this thesis is to discuss the similarities between Kafka&rsquo<br>s The Trial, &ldquo<br>The Metamorphosis&rdquo<br>and &ldquo<br>The Judgement&rdquo<br>, and Pinter&rsquo<br>s plays namely, The Birthday Party, Old Times, Ashes to Ashes and The Dumb Waiter, in terms of their characters&rsquo<br>problems concerning their existence and their manners of dealing with these issues. The thesis argues that, as a consequence of being thrown into a meaningless world, characters created by Kafka and Pinter have to deal with existential problems like being alienated, having a limited freedom d

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Corbin, Nicholas A. "Thinking Makes It So: The Search for an Authentic Self In Hamlet." University of Toledo Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=uthonors1386941487.

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Rice-Mills, Faith A. Blackwell Frieda Hilda. "The existential search for national, individual and spiritual identity in selected works of Miguel de Unamuno." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5171.

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Monti, Tony. "Sim e não - o ritmo binário em \'A Paixão Segundo G.H.\', de Clarice Lispector." Universidade de São Paulo, 2006. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8149/tde-24082007-144449/.

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Esta dissertação é uma leitura de A Paixão segundo G.H., de Clarice Lispector. Tem como foco a questão da liberdade do homem no mundo e de suas possibilidades de dizer, como tratadas no romance. Aproxima-se em diversos aspectos da crítica de Benedito Nunes à obra da escritora, no que diz respeito à identificação e às diferenças entre Clarice e o existencialismo de Sartre. Uma idéia de ritmo binário é formulada, sucessão de afirmações e negações, que dá cadência ao texto e o estrutura. Os dois tempos desse ritmo são relacionados a duas idéias diferentes de liberdade, (1) a de poder (e ser obrig

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Öhman, Marie. ""Här kan jag äntligen tala" : tematik och litterär gestaltning i Åsa Nelvins författarskap." Doctoral thesis, Örebro universitet, Humanistiska institutionen, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-1678.

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The subject of this thesis is Swedish author Åsa Nelvin’s writings. Five books are at the center of attention: The children’s books De vita björnarna (“The White Bears”) (1969) and Det lilla landet (“The Little Country”) (1971), the two novels Tillflyktens hus (“The House of Refuge”) (1975) and Kvinnan som lekte med dockor (“The Woman who played with dolls”) (1977), and the cycle of poems Gattet (“The Inlet”) (1981). The overriding aim of the the thesis is to characterize Nelvin’s literary works and her over-all literary enterprise. A major part of the thesis is devoted to textual analyses, th

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Oliveira, Amanda Alvarenga Fernandes. "Da crítica à modernidade ao encontro com a América Latina: a literatura de resistência do argentino Ernesto Sábato." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2018. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/8809.

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King, John Paul. "The Sad Kitchen and Song of Neon: Two Novellas." TopSCHOLAR®, 2019. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/3149.

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The Sad Kitchen, a work of magical realism, tells the story of a saintly woman named Helen. She opens an underground kitchen where people who feel guilty can come to be comforted and nurtured in the middle of the night. The story is, at its heart, a reflection on forgiveness. Song of Neon, also of the magical realist genre, is an existential work about a nurse named Avery and her husband, an owl house maker, named Saul. Their town, Milliard, is under a trance. Avery and Saul struggle with their respective identities in the quiet, vacuum the town has become.

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Sivinski, Daniel Jacobsen. "Hermeneutical exorcism and literary interpretation : a brief study on the problem of meaning and an existentialist interpretation of The Exorcist (1971)." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/25433.

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Interpretar sempre implicará uma grande jornada. Não é por acaso que esta prática esteja associada à figura mitológica de Hermes. O próprio ato reflexivo em torno da questão ‘o que significa significar’ envolve uma longa viagem. É dividindo a interpretação em dois momentos, ao qual nos referiremos amplamente apenas por ‘ontológico’ e ‘prático’, que esta dissertação adquire sua forma. Num primeiro momento, há uma problematização sobre a questão do significado numa perspectiva hermenêutica. Partindo da discussão engendrada na obra Politics of Interpretation (1983), e passando pela argumentação s

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Santos, Kleber Pereira dos. "Da paixão inútil: o existencialismo na escrita de Carlos Heitor Cony." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8151/tde-26082009-001546/.

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Nesta dissertação é analisada a presença de elementos do movimento filosófico denominado existencialismo, especialmente os provenientes da leitura da produção ficcional de Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 1980), na prática literária do romancista brasileiro Carlos Heitor Cony (1926 - ). Para tanto, se desenvolveu um estudo comparativo das distintas versões de seu romance de estréia, O Ventre (1958), produzidas ao longo de mais de 50 anos de existência. Com base nessa construção de um olhar crítico sobre a obra e sobre as tendências que motivaram sua escrita e, principalmente, suas reescritas, delineada

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Ireton, Sean Moore. "The existential grounding of death in Hölderlin, Nietzsche, and Heidegger /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9952.

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Sarrinikolaou, Irene School of Media Film &amp Theatre UNSW. "The ontological status of Pirandello???s metacharacters: six characters in search of a Platonic author." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Media, Film & Theatre, 2006. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/25974.

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This thesis proposes that a defining feature of Pirandello???s 1921 play ??? Six Characters in Search of an Author, is a relentless transcendentalism. It argues that the play embodies a fascination with existential and conceptual ???occult???, and my hypothesis is that by exploring Pirandello's transcendentalism we may enhance our understanding of how and why Pirandello's play points a mirror up to the invisible and suggests that we could be a reflection of that. Pirandello's drama alludes to some of the most convoluted and enduring debates in western philosophy. However, there is very little

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Thomas, Stefanie. "Sekai-kei as Existentialist Narrative: Positioning Xenosaga within the Genre Framework." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397573383.

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Orr, David J. "The existential quest for exemplary autonomy in three major novels." Scholarly Commons, 1998. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2332.

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Presenting and applying an ideal developmental model for the classical existential hero, or main character, provides a functional paradigm for discrimination between essentialist and existential texts. In particular it allows for degrees of fine existential differentiation amongst the hero's acts of any literary work. The paradigm does so by making it possible clearly to discern and describe the "recuperation" that a reader must do to render an "impaired" text intelligible. The paradigm covers four phases of transformational activity by the hero, more or less successfully negotiated, depending

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Lévy, Bertrand. "Géographie humaniste et littérature l'espace existentiel dans la vie et l'œuvre de Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962 /." Genève : Concept moderne, 1989. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/22118809.html.

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Thesis (doctoral)--Université de Genève, 1987.<br>Spine title: L'Espace existentiel chez Hermann Hesse. Cover title: L'Espace existentiel dans la vie et l'œuvre de Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962. Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-388).

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Benjamin, Elizabeth Frances. "The authenticity of ambiguity : Dada and existentialism." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5600/.

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Dada is often dismissed as an anti-art movement that engaged with a limited and merely destructive theoretical impetus. French Existentialism is often condemned for its perceived quietist implications. However, closer analysis reveals a preoccupation with philosophy in the former and with art in the latter. Neither was nonsensical or meaningless, but both reveal a rich individualist ethics aimed at the amelioration of the individual and society. It is through their combined analysis that we can view and productively utilise their alignment. Offering new critical aesthetic and philosophical app

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Calderón, Jorge. "Configurations aporétiques, fiction de l'histoire et historicité de la fiction : Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus et Jean-Paul Sartre." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=85134.

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In this dissertation I explain the transition from modernism to postmodernism through the study of the French existentialist novel. I follow theories that demonstrate that the latter owes its success to historiographic metafiction. By setting off the aporias that deeply penetrate modern novels, I demonstrate the obsolescence of the prototype of the realist novel and I explain the impasses towards which the project of a committed literature lead, inscribed in the line of realism and aimed at an almost direct relation with society and history through the mediation of art between 1945 and

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Hanscomb, Stuart Roy. "Anxiety's ambiguity : an investigation into the meaning of anxiety in existentialist philosophy and literature." Thesis, Durham University, 1997. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4992/.

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The dissertation has two primary aims: 1) To investigate the significance and role of anxiety in the work of existentialist writers; 2) To synthesize a unified account of its meaning within this tradition. There are seven substantial chapters, the first concerning the divergence between clinical anxiety and the existential version using the fear-anxiety distinction as a foil. Existential anxiety is Thai defined in terms of anxiety A (before the world as contingent), anxiety B (before the self as free), and urangst (an unappropriable disquiet caused by the incommensurability of anxieties A and

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