"One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy": Kafka, Camus, and enduring absurdities
Keyword
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretationBeckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation
Absurdity
Kubin, Alfred, 1877-1959
Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Literature
Date Published
2022-05Metadata
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In order to complete my present study, I will first provide a general background that encompasses the psychological and philosophical concepts that I plan to work with, outlining definitions and laying down rough descriptions of important concepts. I will then move towards an exanimation of Franz Kafka's literature, focusing mainly on The Trial and the tenets of absurdism present within the novel. Demonstrating a slightly altered concept of unknowability and illogic, I will discuss the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, carefully unpacking the absurdities of Estragon and Vladimir. Third, I will analyze the visual rhetoric inherent in the works of artist Alfred Kubin, attempting to understand the images and themes present in his nightmarish pieces. I will conclude by returning to a discussion of meaning and absurdist philosophy, incorporating these elements into the three figures that I have named and analyzed, and working to understand with a bit more depth humanity's unending search for meaning.Collections
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