"One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy": Kafka, Camus, and enduring absurdities
dc.contributor.author | Boyle, Katherine R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-17T15:10:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-17T15:10:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7173 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation | en_US |
dc.subject | Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation | en_US |
dc.subject | Absurdity | en_US |
dc.subject | Kubin, Alfred, 1877-1959 | en_US |
dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Literature | |
dc.title | "One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy": Kafka, Camus, and enduring absurdities | en_US |
dc.type | Masters Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.version | NA | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-05-17T15:10:22Z | |
dc.description.institution | SUNY College at New Paltz | en_US |
dc.description.department | English | en_US |
dc.description.degreelevel | MA | en_US |
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