Browsing by Subject "existentialism"
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THE AUTHENTICITY OF THOMAS WOLFE’S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL HERO THROUGH THE LENS OF HEIDEGGERIAN ONTOLOGY
(Plovdiv University Press, 2021-05-21)Southern author Thomas Wolfe’s ultimate goal was to create an epic that presents his America as seen through the eyes of an autobiographical character meant to represent all Americans, their lifestyle, their struggles, their ... -
IDENTITY AND EXISTENTIAL LONELINESS IN JONATHAN FRANZEN’S THE CORRECTIONS
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2021)In The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen introduces the reader to the Lamberts: a dysfunctional family of highly individualistic characters whose goals and ideas never intersect. Throughout the course of the novel, the elderly ... -
POSSIBILITIES OF INTERPRETING ANDRIĆ’S LITERARY WORKS IN TERMS OF EXISTENTIALISM
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2018)In this paper we will seek for the presence of motives and different literature treatment in Ivo Andric’s work, which we can interconnect with philosophy of existentialism and its most significant representatives (Heidegger, ... -
THOMAS WOLFE REIMAGINED: EXISTENTIAL THEMES AND MOTIFS IN HIS WORKS
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)There is considerable dispute over Thomas Wolfe’s place in the context of American literature. Many consider his autobiographical prose shallow and his genius superficial, while others think he is a worthy contender for ... -
WILLIAM OLIVER GANT AND EUGENE GANT: THE ABSURD HEROES IN THOSMAS WOLFE’S LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2018)Look Homeward, Angel is Thomas Wolfe’s first novel, it is about the Gant family, and it specifically deals with the growing up of a lonely and ambitious young man in a Southern town. It is autobiographical, basically tracing ...