Essays about: "Existentialism"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 17 essays containing the word Existentialism.

  1. 11. With Cold Foreign Eyes? Existential Meaning in Truth vs. Mystery in Religion and Art

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Linus Edenwall; [2014]
    Keywords : meaning; mystery; mysticism; sensuousness; immediacy; ineffability; truth; objectivity; existentialism; science; art; concepts; conceptualization; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : This essay explores two approaches to finding existential meaning in religion: either by an approach advocating feelings of mystery and sensuous immediacy, thus justifying an ineffability of mysterious experiences, or by an approach which advocates truth and objectivity. Although the latter approach views truth in existential terms (“existential truth”) it can be criticised for diminishing the “magic” of religion much in the same way science does in its pursuit of material truth. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Nothing to be afraid of : Experiments within lyrical animation

    University essay from Konstfack/Grafisk Design & Illustration

    Author : Bjarke Stenbæk Kristensen; [2014]
    Keywords : illustration; animation; bjarke stenbæk; nansen; darkness; existentialism; intuition; improvisation; grotowski; angst;

    Abstract : Practical Approach In this project I have been exploring how to work intuitively and exploratory with animation, lyrical animation, dynamic paintings – whatever you might call it. Traditional animation is meticulous; it has a strong emphasis on planning the storytelling. READ MORE

  4. 13. Exploring Unease : A Study of How Unease is Produced in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Wouter Greijdanus; [2014]
    Keywords : Unease; Existentialism; Ishiguro; Never Let Me Go; Uncanny; Unheimlich;

    Abstract : This paper deals with the novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and explores the feeling of unease established by the author. The theoretical framework for this paper is based on questions of humanity and thus makes use of existentialism as established by Sartre and Kierkegaard. READ MORE

  5. 14. Don't Panic! A study of the Absurd as an Expression of Anxiety and Existentialism in Douglas Adam's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Ellen Julie Opdahl; [2013-06-26]
    Keywords : Douglas Adams; Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy; absurd; anxiety; existentialism;

    Abstract : This essay studies the absurd as expressions of anxiety and existentialism in Douglas Adam's novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"; my thesis is that the absurd is the key to understanding the novel. With the help of ideas from mainly Gary Cox and Marilette van der Colff, this essay concludes that Adams emphasizes the nature of anxiety and existentialism by simplifying, exaggerating and pointing at the irrational. READ MORE

  6. 15. Not Yet a Child of the Finite and the Infinite : Kierkegaardian Existentialism in William Golding’s Free Fall

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Krister Davén; [2009]
    Keywords : Kierkegaard; William Golding; Free Fall; existentialism; dread; aesthetic; ethical; religious; Sartre;

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE