Essays about: "Albert Camus"
Found 3 essays containing the words Albert Camus.
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1. Aesthetic Experiences and the Miracle of Action : On the Radical Possibility of Art in Teaching and Learning
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Estetiska lärprocesser; Södertörns högskola/LärarutbildningenAbstract : This master essay starts with the author having an encounter with two 14-years old boys who claim that they are Nazis. In a school project where the pupils made films about norms in the society they made a film with a clearly racist and homophobic message. READ MORE
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2. Representation of the Other : A Postcolonial Study of the Representation of the Natives in Relation to the Colonizers in The Stranger and Disgrace
University essay from Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : According to postcolonial theory, postcolonial literature tends to depict non-Westerners – the native Other – as a homogenous mass, portrayed as carrying all the dark human traits. The Other is often represented as, for instance, being exotic, violent, hostile and mysterious, and either stands in opposition to, or is portrayed as being completely different from the Westerner. READ MORE
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3. The Intolerableness of All Earthly Effort : of Futility and Ahab as the Absurd Hero in Melville's Moby Dick
University essay from Engelska institutionenAbstract : In 1942, Algerian writer Albert Camus published a philosophical essay called The Myth of Sisyphus along with a fictional counterpart, The Stranger, wherein he presumed the human condition to be an absurd one. This, Camus claimed, was the result of the absence of a god, and consequently of any meaning beyond life itself. READ MORE