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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/.

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This thesis undertakes a fundamental reappraisal of Shakespeare's existentialism. The drama of Shakespeare and existentialist philosophy, I contend, are equally fascinated by issues such as inwardness, authenticity, freedom, and self-becoming. In recent years, Shakespearean criticism has shied away from these fundamental existentialist concerns reflected in his drama, preferring to investigate the historical and cultural conditioning of human subjectivity. However, as this thesis argues, a failure to acknowledge and address the existential problems and intensities at the heart of Shakespeare's plays prevents a full appreciation of both the philosophical and the theatrical dimensions of his drama. This thesis treats Shakespeare as existentialism's prolific precursor, as a writer who experimented with existentialist ideas in his own distinctive theatrical and poetic terms long before they were fully developed in the philosophical and literary terms of the twentieth century. The introductory chapter of this thesis provides a preliminary sketch of existentialist thought and surveys the influence of existentialism on readings of Shakespeare. This paves the way for the second chapter, which offers a historical account of the inception of existentialist thought in the early modern period. By identifying existentialist concerns and ideas in the work of writers such as Montaigne, Pico, Raleigh, Bacon, Donne and others, I argue that an embryonic form of existentialism was beginning to emerge in the literary, philosophical and religious discourses of the Renaissance. The third chapter suggests that Shakespeare and modern existentialist thinkers share a deep interest in the creative fusion of fiction and philosophy as the most faithful means of articulating the existentialist immediacy of experience and the philosophical quandaries that existence as a human being entails. The subsequent three chapters explore the existentialist predicaments and problems dramatised in three Shakespearean tragedies. My readings trace the broad trajectory of existentialist thought in these plays, firstly by looking at the ontological and subjective concerns of Hamlet, then by examining Shakespeare's treatment of ethics in Coriolanus, and finally by considering the existential resonance of the politics in King Lear.

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Silvester, 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.

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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 differences, these plays show that Samuel Beckett&rsquo<br>s view of Existentialism is quite similar to the Sartrean view.

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Deramchia, Y. "William Faulkner and existentialism." Thesis, University of Essex, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.374716.

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Thompson, Neil. "Existentialism and social work." Thesis, Keele University, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.293995.

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Furuhashi, Ryutaro. "Deconstruction, existentialism, and art /." Online version of thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/12262.

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Rooney, Victoria. "Shestov's religious existentialism - a critique." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.315018.

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Walker, Kaylin Marie. "The Existentialism Behind Nolan's Batman." Thesis, Boston College, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2611.

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Thesis advisor: John Michalczyk<br>Despite 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<br>Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2012<br>Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences<br>Discipline: College Honors Program<br>Discipline: College Honors Program

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Guha, Swapan Kumar. "Intellect and emotion in existentialism." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/45.

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Samuelsson, 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.

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The purpose of this essay is to analyse Søren Kierkegaard’s “Fear and Trembling”, Karl Jaspers “Philosophy of Existence” and Paul Tillichs “Systematic Theology part 2” on their stand on Christian existentialism. The method used in the analysis is Hermeneutic, which is a must, when reading and understanding these three philosophical works. The essay will also have a comparative approach to obtain depth in the conclusions. Another purpose is to link the conclusions of the essay to the school values and the school curriculum. The link will not be strong but a correlation will become visible. The conclusions of this essay will show that the three authors have similarities and differences. The three authors unite in the idea that the purpose of life is faith in the Christian God. But how to reach that faith differs; Kierkegaard writes that an infinite resignation is a must, so that faith in the absurd will bring you everything back. Jaspers writes that science is a mean to create a framework for every individual. The framework will give you a perception of existence but can’t be used to achieve Existenz. Existenz is the goal in the search for the truth of yourself and what being means. Tillich writes that the purpose of life is to return to your being of essence, which means how man was supposed to be before “the fall”. Tillich writes an ontological analysis of being.

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Clayton, 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.

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Film exhibits an existential time structure. It presents characters and events in the present moment and as the film progresses the future of the characters is built from their past within the film. Characterisation in film differs from that of the novel primarily in that characters are seen as they become what they are through their actions. In the novel a character is already fixed. Film also differs from theatre in that the differing use of space allows for a more intimate acting style on the part of the actor and more involvement on the part of the viewer. Film noir, in particular, manifests existential themes in its plot lines and characterisation, e.g. alienation, anxiety and the developmental nature of personality. A number of theorists have attempted to define film noir and to account for its distinctive look. These include David Bordwell, Borde and Chaumeton and Christine Gledhill. So far no definition has successfully accounted for all the features present in these films. An existential analysis offers a new way to approach this problem. Due to its distinctive use of philosophical themes film noir constitutes a separate and continuing genre. A noir paradigm can be established by isolating these philosophical themes and the stylistic methods which express them. This can be used as a criterion to identify noir films. Noirs can be divided into different periods by identifying the dominant theme of various decades. These reflect the social conditions of the time as well as popular response to existential philosophers, for instance, Sartre and Nietzsche who have both been considerable popularised. In addition noir can be seen as a response to restrictive Hollywood practices.

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Bogaerts, 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.

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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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Gatt-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.

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This thesis discusses the scope for philosophy in and about film. It applies philosophical analysis to both the form and the content of Antonioni's films, and is thus both a philosophical approach to Antonioni's cinema as well as an exploration of his philosophical thought. The first part of the thesis reviews worthwhile discussions that are relevant to the complex relationship between film and philosophy. It also assesses the way in which the trend of philosophical thought known as existentialism fits into this relationship. General notions about existentialism are thus reviewed, as well as those that bear more particularly on art and cinema, and especially on the world as it is represented by Antonioni. Parallel to this, the thesis explores the role of time and space in film, and the philosophical implications of the way they are used by Antonioni. The second part of the thesis is devoted to the analysis of specific themes in Antonioni's films that relate them to an existentialist interpretation of reality. Chapter six is devoted to the early Antonioni, from his documentary shorts up to I1 grido, a period in which the phenomenological quality of his exploration of reality is already clearly noticeable. Chapter seven deals with Antonioni's peculiar narrative style and the way in which this style reflects his philosophical stances. The final chapters of the thesis are devoted to Antonioni's second important core of films and discuss the shift in Antonioni's central concerns. In films such as Deserto rosso, Blow Up, The Passenger, or Zabriskie Point, the connection with existentialism is related both to specific themes, such as anxiety and alienation, as well as to the more abstract philosophical stances that are implied by an existentialist worldview. In these films Antonioni questions reality itself, and discusses the limits of both our perception and representation of it.

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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 approaches to Dada as a quintessential part of the European Avant-Garde, this thesis performs a reassessment of the movement as a form of (proto-)Existentialist philosophy. The thesis represents the first major comparative study of Dada and Existentialism, contributing a new perspective on Dada as a movement, a historical legacy, and a philosophical field of study. The five chapters analyse a range of Dada work through a lens of Existentialist literary and theoretical works across the themes of choice, alienation, responsibility, freedom and truth. These themes contribute to the overarching claim of the thesis that Dada and Existentialism both advocate the creation of a self that aims for authenticity through ambiguity.

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Nicoll, Laurence. "Existentialism in the novels of James Kelman." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22523.

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There has to date been no attempt at a detailed explication of James Kelman's novels from a consistently existential standpoint: this thesis constitutes an attempt to do so. Whilst a number of the critical responses engendered by Kelman's work mention the presence of existentialist motifs, this is usually done in passing. My central claim however is that it is impossible to comprehend Kelman's fictions without a thorough understanding and appreciation of the extent to which existential concerns inform both his fictional and critical work. I argue that a consequence of viewing Kelman as an existential writer is that the critical debate surrounding his work must be relocated and positioned outwith the dual contexts of nation and nationalism. Chapter one delineates the constitutive elements of Kelman's existential aesthetic, focusing on five pivotal concerns: tradition, freedom, the everyday, locality and narrative. The next chapter considers several classic texts in the existential literary tradition, Notes from Underground, The Trial, The Outsider and Nausea. The techniques and themes brought out here, along with the observations generated in chapter one, provide a prism through which to read Kelman's novels. Ensuing chapters both build upon and refer back to this preparatory material. Chapter three analyses A Chancer, in terms of its narrative mode and how this relates to the existential theme of contingency which permeates the text. Next, I consider the role of the existential issues of temporality, negation and 'the nothing' in The Busconductor Hines. Chapter five examines A Disaffection, reading the novel in terms of Camusian absurdity and Kierkegaard's criticisms of Hegel. Chapter six is a reading of How Late it Was, How Late, which treats the novel as a fictional exposition of Sartre's theory of 'the look'. The final chapter offers some conclusions and criticisms, and considers the implications of Kelman's existential position, particularly with regard to what might be termed 'cultural nationalism'. Here I also assess Kelman's place within the tradition of the committed intellectual.

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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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Williams, Michael T. "The epistemological subject/object relationship in existentialism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Moore, 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.

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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 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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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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O'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.

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This work looks at the thought and rationale of Charles de Gaulle and offers an alternative view than that traditionally offered by AngloAmerican political science. De Gaulle has so often been understood as a nineteenth-century nationalist who was only ever concerned with the grandeur of France and is habitually seen as a disruptive element in the Cold War world. The thesis rejects this interpretation and argues that this is a product of explaining de Gaulle from a decidedly Anglo-American perspective that predominantly concentrates on the political aspects of de Gau!le and 'Oaullism' as opposed to the national. By attempting to understand the national element of de Gaulle 's thought we may begin to study him as a thinker, rather than as a pol itician, and in doing so we are able to rethink his worldview. It is from this point of departure that we may see and understand his perception of nations as products of historically imbued culture and the entirely subjective way in which national character develops over long periods of time. The thesis argues that such was de Gaulle's sensitivity to these national characteristics that nations, for him, were individuals and individuals very much in an existential sense. Hence once we change the human individual for the nat;onal individual we may see that de Gaulle speaks the language of existentialism in re lations to nations and nationhood. As such, and in using the lens of existentialism to rationalise de Gaulle, we are able to better understand and appreciate him as a thinker on nations in terms of how they develop and exist, but also how they should relate to one another on the international stage. In doing so we may bener rationalise France's actions during the 1950s and 1960s but also begin to appreciate de Gaulle as an existential thinker on nationhood .

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Green, 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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The aim of this thesis is to provide an explication and analysis of the existential concept of authentic existence, through an examination of Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Buber. It is primarily Sartre's treatment of authenticity, only implicit in his writings, which this thesis seeks both to make explicit and to defend. The positions of Nietzsche, Heidegger and Buber are each used to compare or contrast with key aspects of Sartre's concept of authentic existence, in order to establish the strengths and weaknesses of the Sartrean position. Sartre's concept of individual authenticity rests upon an ethics designed to liberate the individual from living in 'bad faith' by means of a reflective comprehension of the nature of human reality. It is an ethics of self-recovery or authentic existence, having as its ideal the development of the morally autonomous individual who chooses to take freedom as his ultimate value. Sartre also maintains that authenticity requires that we take the freedom of others, as well as our own, as our goal. At the same time, however, his discussion of relations with others in Being and Nothingness is a profoundly negative one, which contends that conflict is the original meaning of 'being-for-others'. It will be argued that Sartre's theory of groups in Critique of Dialectical Reason provides an account of how positive social relations are indeed possible within the parameters of his ontology. The theory of groups thus renders intelligible that aspect of his concept of authentic existence which requires of us common action on behalf of the freedom of all. Finally, Sartre's sociopolitical ideal, or that towards which authentic action is ultimately directed, is identified as a 'direct democracy'. Such a community would be the concrete embodiment of a free society of disalienated individuals mutually choosing to promote each other's freedom.<br>Arts, Faculty of<br>Philosophy, Department of<br>Graduate

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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.

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(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.

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ABSTRACT CAMUS: A REBEL AT THE JUNCTION OF EXISTENTIALISM AND SKEPTICISM (Basar) Baskaya, Dilek Ph.D., Department of Philosophy Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Halil Turan May 2011, 190 pages The purpose of this thesis is to examine Albert Camus&rsquo<br>s 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<br>s &lsquo<br>thrownness&rsquo<br>on to the world and displays the human situation. The thesis analyses the above items in detail with reference to all Camus&rsquo<br>s major works.

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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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Dulley, 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/.

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George Orwell's reputation as a writer rests largely upon his final two works, selected essays and some of his journalism. As a novelist, he is often considered limited, and it is for this reason that his writing has perhaps received less serious attention than that of many of his contemporaries. Some recent publications have sought to redress this balance, identifying an impressive level of artistry, not only in his more recognised works, but in the neglected novels of the 1930s. Yet, aside from studies focused upon his political beliefs, there has been a lack of attention given to the wider ideas underpinning Orwell's writing, in particular, those which might be considered, in popular terms, ‘existential'. Given its unusually firm grounding in the many experiences he underwent, Orwell's thought, I argue, can be viewed profitably from this philosophical standpoint. By engaging his writing in a dialogue with that of the phenomenological-existentialist thinkers, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Emmanuel Levinas, this project aims to make sense of the ideas implicit within his work. Where the work of the aforementioned figures is often opaque and highly abstracted, it will be shown that Orwell's offers the reader literary and real-life exemplars as a means of making difficult ideas understood. The study is divided into four two-part chapters, which track the Orwell canon in a broadly chronological fashion. In parallel with this, the ideas of the existential philosophers are, too, introduced chronologically: Heidegger, Sartre and, Levinas. The thesis attempts to argue that understanding the implicit existentialism in the work of Orwell not only offers a more complete insight into the man, and the tensions inherent in his character, but also affords the reader many much-needed exemplifications, and in some cases augmentations, of some of the most important ideas in existentialist philosophy.

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Theobald, 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.

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Webber, 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/.

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The primary aim of this thesis is to discern whether Sartre's early work on phenomenal consciousness has distinctive and valuable contributions to make to current debates over these issues in anglophone philosophy. The method is resolutely analytical, aiming to identify and assess the details of Sartre's position and arguments for it in the light of classical and current debates. This involves much exegetical work concerned with Sartre's use of terms and principles drawn from previous thinkers. The secondary aim is to show the extent to which the famous themes of Sartrean existentialism - freedom, bad faith, and the look - are grounded in his theory of phenomenal consciousness. The principal text is Being and Nothingness, though extensive use is made of works that preceded it. The thesis comprises four chapters. Chapter 1 is concerned with clarifying Sartre's conception of intentionality in relation to current anglophone conceptions of intentionality. I detail and defend Sartre's view that intentionality is a relation of apprehension that involves both qualitative and classificatory awareness. Chapter 2 situates Sartre in relation to classical and current theories of consciousness and assesses Sartre's arguments for his conception of intentionality. I claim that Sartre has shown that his conception is useful, but not that it is correct. In chapter 3, I argue that Sartre succeeds in maintaining that perception and hallucination involve distinct types of experience, where current anglophone attempts to maintain this fail. In Chapter 4, I argue that Sartre's holistic view of the subject as an environment-inclusive being-in-the-world is preferable to reductionism, and that his theory of qualitative aspects of experience is preferable to the representationalist approaches dominant in anglophone thought. I conclude by drawing out the implications of my discussion for Sartre's theories of freedom, bad faith, and the look.

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Grassano, Matteo. "Il territorio dell'esistenza : Francesco Biamonti (1928-2001)." Thesis, Université Côte d'Azur (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AZUR2003/document.

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Cette thèse est consacrée à l’étude de l’œuvre et de la poétique de Francesco Biamonti (1928-2001). Elle propose un parcours critique qui montre les liens entre l’écriture de l’auteur, aussi bien dans ses thématiques que dans ses choix stylistiques, et l’expérience culturelle qui la sous-tend. Les romans biamontiens apparaissent comme une tentative d’exprimer sous forme artistique une vision personnelle du monde et de l’homme, que l’écrivain italien élabora en autodidacte pendant sa vie. Il s’agit d’une vision qui ne peut ne pas tenir compte de la réflexion sur le territoire du Ponant ligurien, représenté par Biamonti dans ses transformations du XXe siècle et dans son actualité. Ainsi, la juxtaposition des termes territoire et existence dans le titre suggère une première clef de lecture de cette étude.Cette thèse s’articule en trois grandes parties. Dans la première partie, l’étude de l’espace romanesque favorise l’analyse de la vision biamontienne de l’histoire méditerranéenne et européenne, et montre les mécanismes de transfiguration et les processus mythopoïétiques caractérisant la représentation du Ponant ligurien et de l’« ailleurs » français dans les romans. La deuxième partie porte sur l’analyse des personnages et propose une interprétation de la conception biamontienne de la réalité humaine sur la base des théories existentialistes et phénoménologiques. Enfin, la dernière partie explore l’idée de création artistique et souligne certaines caractéristiques de la prose biamontienne et de son lyrisme dans une perspective aussi bien textuelle que théorique<br>The 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

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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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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.

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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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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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Archard, 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.

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Gaine, 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.

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This thesis is an analysis of the films of Michael Mann. The eleven films of this prominent Hollywood director are analysed in relation to existential philosophy and social engagement. The thesis establishes the case for Mann as an auteur, and identifies the philosophy on which this study rests. Through individual case studies of each of Mann's films, I argue that existentialism is explored within different social contexts that problematise the philosophy. The interrogation and problematisaticon of existentialism is performed by relating the philosophy to varying levels of social engagement, as some films present isolation and others illustrate community and social conscience. The thesis argues that by relating existentialism to social engagement, a non-philosophical critique of existentialism is performed.

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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 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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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.

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Herring, Lesley Virginia. "The existential and postmodern individual." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2371.

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The theories of existentialism and postmodernism seem like very different ideas at first glance. Existentialism is a philosophy of individuals, while postmodernism is a theory focused more on society and less on individual existence. In this thesis, I will show that both of these ideas can be merged together to be seen as an individual philosophy. Using theories from each philosophical camp, I will describe both the existential and postmodern being. I will explain characteristics of these individuals and explain how they function in society. I will use several philosophers to explain this such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Michel Foucault, and finally, I will discuss The Stranger by Albert Camus. In The Stranger, the main character, Monsieur Meursault, exhibits the qualities of both types of individuals. I will use him as an example of the type of person that emerges from the philosophical ideas of existentialism and postmodernism. I analyze Meursault through the eyes of both the existentialist and the postmodernist, and conclude that Meursault personifies the traits and characteristics that are specific to these philosophies.

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Berglund, 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.

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Intentionen med denna uppsats kan väsentligen uppdelas i två sektioner: att först undersöka hur temat ensamhet uttrycks i Inger Edelfeldts romaner med huvudsaklig utgångspunkt i Kamalas bok, och att sedan relatera detta existentiellt genomströmmade ensamhetstema till den filosofiska existentialismen i Jean-Paul Sartres tappning.Som hon beskrivs av Edelfeldt är människan oundvikligen fånge i ensamheten. Alla hennes ansträngningar att erfara gemenskap faller om intet och inför denna bistra verklighet genomlever människan ett främlingsskap emellan sig själv och omvärlden; en alienation som fullständigt omformar och snedvrider hennes uppfattning av sig själv. Som en röd tråd löper alltså ensamheten som ett grundtema genom Edelfeldts romanproduktion och blir i de senare verken allt mer framträdande. Det är följaktligen särskilt i dessa senare romaner som åtskilliga betydande likheter med den filosofiska existentialismen kan uppvisas. Människans obevekliga fångenskap i en utsatt tillvaro präglad av ensamhet och ångest – där befrielse annan än den funnen i flykten ifrån ansvaret (mängdförsjunkenheten) och i livslögnen (den onda tron) saknas – är densamma i såväl Edelfeldts prosa som i existentialismens doktriner. Den alienation som upplevs av Edelfeldts romankaraktärer kan på goda grunder relateras till Sartres Äcklet. I Edelfeldts verk uteblir emellertid människans tillblivelse som den större individen i det valögonblicket; det moment i vilket Sartre ser människans enda möjlighet. Slutligen överväger dock de textuella likheterna emellan Inger Edelfeldts romaner och den franska existentialismen, och därför föreligger alltså tydliga spår av nämnda filosofi i Edelfeldts verk.

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au, 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.

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In the blink of an eye is a figurative expression which, in its most basic interpretation describes the experience of a fleeting but momentous event. It comes, however, to represent an encounter with the eternal. That it can contain these antithetical elements points to the abidingly paradoxical nature of the Augenblick. In this thesis we follow the development of the concept from its roots in the theology of Søren Kierkgaard and the myth of Friedrich Nietzsche, to its existential eludidation nearly a century later in the work of Karl Jaspers and Martin Heidegger. In the final two chapters of this thesis, the Augenblick is viewed as an inherited conceptual tool for metaphysical thought. We apply it to the consideration of an historical epoch of great social change and to certain works of art which express its zeitgeist. This well-used metaphor is a living idea, it continues to gather meaning to itself.

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Brown, Brittany S. "Sleepwalk, Dance, Repeat." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/philosophy_hontheses/9.

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Sleepwalk, Dance, Repeat is a one-act play with existentialist themes such as absurdity, death, and authenticity. Existentialism deals with subjective human experience in a meaningless, incomprehensible world. We are condemned to label everything around us, but the world is such that we can never be satisfied with our labels because they do not capture individuality. Everyone, to some degree, feels the need to understand what's going on, but we are always missing some piece of the puzzle. Thus, absurdity is the normal state of affairs for us. It is the result of our trying to comprehend the incomprehensible. The protagonist, Rose, is an existentialist hero in that she gradually accepts the inability to comprehend. My goal in writing this play was to breathe new life into existentialist ideas and introduce them to others in a way that sparks significant introspection.

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Бушман, Ірина Олександрівна, Ирина Александровна Бушман, Iryna Oleksandrivna Bushman та Ж. Деркач. "Экзистенциализм - проблема человека". Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2007. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/17479.

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Все в мире, в конечном счете, терпит крушение уже в силу самой конечности экзистенции, и потому человек должен жить и любить с постоянным сознанием хрупкости и конечности всего, что он любит, незащищенности самой любви. Но глубоко скрытая боль, причиняемая этим сознанием, придает его привязанности особую чистоту и одухотворенность. При цитировании документа, используйте ссылку http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/17479

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Опанасюк, Валентина Володимирівна, Валентина Владимировна Опанасюк, Valentyna Volodymyrivna Opanasiuk та А. Шаповал. "Гуманістичний зміст філософських міркувань Ж.-П. Сартра". Thesis, Вид-во СумДУ, 2010. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16603.

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Вандишев, Валентин Миколайович, Валентин Николаевич Вандышев, Valentyn Mykolaiovych Vandyshev та Ю. Линник. "Проблема отчуждения в романе "Первый человек" Альбера Камю". Thesis, Вид-во СумДУ, 2010. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16548.

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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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Zager, Brian. "Hearing Existenzspeak: An Existential Response to Millennial Angst." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/872.

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In the pages that follow, I offer a theoretical perspective for thinking about communication. My ideas here are informed by different existential philosophies that were prominent at the beginning of the last century. Taking up the project of what German philosopher Karl Jaspers calls "philosophizing in communication," this exercise in thought reflects an emotive and scholarly movement that dances around a central notion of communication as possibility. Drawing upon the oblique concept of Existenz as a philosophical and communicative orientation--elucidated in the past by thinkers including Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, and Karl Jaspers--I explore this idea so as to illuminate some new ways of thinking about intrapersonal, interpersonal, public, and mythic forms of communication. It is my hope that, ultimately, hearing our own Existenzspeak might conjure an atmosphere of thought and communication predicated on freedom and re-enchantment with the mysteries of existence that, however subtly, call out to us through channels both familiar and strange.

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Gustafson, Andrew B. "Lev Shestov the faith of a Russian existentialist /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Berglund, 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.

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Med utgångspunkt i de två generella riktningar som tidigare läsningar av Inger Edelfeldts romaner tagit – dels en som antyder en existentiell underton och dels en som framhäver ett feministiskt perspektiv – har syftet med arbetet varit att undersöka den konfliktfyllda relationen mellan existentialism och feminism i ”Det hemliga namnet” och sammanlinka denna med Simone de Beauvoirs existentialistiska feminism i ”Det andra könet”. Då de två separata läsningarna av ”Det hemliga namnet”, som prövade romantextens överensstämmelse med de två ideologierna var för sig, korreleras med ”Det andra könet” framkommer att de två centrala punkter på vilka Edelfeldts roman skiljer sig ifrån den franska existentialismen – nämligen att människan inte till varje pris MÅSTE välja för att leva i god tro och att gemenskap visar sig möjlig då människor möts i generös ömsesidighet – också gäller för Beauvoirs texter. Ideologikritiska läsningar av Beauvoir visar att dessa avsteg från Sartres filosofi är ett resultat av hennes kvinnobefriande strävan: en feminism som hävdar att det är kvinnans eget fel att hon inte kan förverkliga sig själv som subjekt och som cementerar henne som den evigt Andre i förhållande till mannen, kan nämligen inte verka emot ojämställdheten mellan könen. Således uppstår en konflikt mellan existentialism och feminism i såväl ”Det hemliga namnet” som i ”Det andra könet”. En feminism som inkorporerat en manlig filosofi har nämligen också införlivat kvinnoförtryckande värden i den egna frigörelsestrategin.

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Sykes, 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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