Essays about: "Existentialism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the word Existentialism.

1. 6. Getting out of Strange Spaces : A Reconstructive Reading of Paul Auster’s Oracle Night

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

   Author : Cia Gustrén; [2019]
   Keywords : critique; deconstruction; desubjectification; estrangement; existentialism; literary theory; narratology; postmodernism; reconstruction; strange spaces; subjectivity; subjectification; thematic analysis; themes; thematic units; thematic motifs; writing;

   Abstract : As the title of this essay suggests, Paul Auster’s 2003 novel Oracle Night is studied with regard to what is here considered to be a search for a way out of estrangement. This search, as narrated from the point of view of the protagonist, is followed by a certain recognition of the limits of human existence – which may be essentially meaningless but is nevertheless portrayed as an intentional state of being, not least through the act of writing as a means of subjectification. READ MORE

3. 7. About body-building

   University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för Konst (K)

   Author : Carola Björk; [2019]
   Keywords : existentialism; humanism; becoming; art; therapy; art therapy; psychology; philosophy; knowledge; impermanence; zen;

   Abstract : Not always so remarkable but still most important. Every day. The beautiful, small, horrible and often insignificant experiences that makes us who we are, fascinates me. You see, choose and become with no interruption. READ MORE

4. 8. Within and Beyond : A collaboration by the Glass Craft duo BarroLevén

   University essay from Konstfack/Keramik & Glas

   Author : Kristina Levén; [2018]
   Keywords : craft; glass; Foamglas; leaded techniques; film; space in between; Ma; pause; awe; atmosphere; public space; affect; contemplative; existentialism; spirituality; rehabilitation; emotional;

   Abstract : In this collaborative Craft Master project by Ulrika Barr and Kristina Levén, we have investigated how glass can affect an environment to create a space in between. A “Ma-space” that could offer a pause in the everyday life in relation to the public sphere. We have worked parallel with two expressions of glass in relation to a room. READ MORE

5. 9. A Kind of Prayer: Representations of Faith and Religion in Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Niklas Löfgren; [2017]
   Keywords : Samuel Beckett; faith; religion; Christianity; absurdism; existentialism; Languages and Literatures;

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6. 10. Don't see me as a fragil human, but as a human : A case study about the shared life and the spiritual dimension of the social work in a L'arche community

   University essay from Ersta Sköndal högskola/Institutionen för socialvetenskap

   Author : Johanna Eriksson; [2016]
   Keywords : Community; Shared life; Spiritual social work; Ecological system theory; Interpersonal relationships; Communal living;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore how professionals working in a French community association perceived the notion of spirituality and a shared life practice, and furthermore what contributions and limits these concepts have in the social work. To attain this, a case study has been done using participant observations and four thematically opened interviews within a L'arche community where persons with varying disabilities are living together with professional assistants. READ MORE