existentialism in literature
Existentialism in literature refers to a philosophical and literary movement that explores the individual's search for meaning and purpose in an absurd and chaotic world, emphasizing the freedom and responsibility of human choices and actions. It often delves into themes of existence, authenticity, alienation, despair, and the existential anguish experienced by characters in their struggle to make sense of their existence.
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Related Concepts (16)
- albert camus' the stranger and the concept of existential absurdity
- alienation and loneliness in existential literature
- authenticity and individual freedom in existentialism
- camus' philosophy of the absurd
- existential crisis and identity in franz kafka's works
- existential themes in dostoevsky's novels
- existential themes in søren kierkegaard's works
- existentialism
- existentialism in samuel beckett's plays
- existentialism in the works of virginia woolf
- friedrich nietzsche's influence on existential literature
- irrationality and absurdity in existentialist literature
- jean-paul sartre's existentialist novel nausea
- sartre's concept of bad faith
- the existential crisis in j.d. salinger's the catcher in the rye
- the search for meaning and purpose in existence
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