Browsing by Subject "Existentialism"
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Between the divine and the demonic: Dostoyevsky's 'Demons' and 'The Brothers Karamazov' as portraits of Russian Christian orthodoxy, identity and existentialism
(Brac University, 2024-01)Human mind and its conflict with the heart has always been a dominant part of humans as an intellectual being. There are many aspects & phases of existence which humans fail to understand. Modern humans consider themselves ... -
Despair in Asian literature: exploring Dazai Osamu’s No Longer Human in the light of existentialism, absurdism & critical disability theory
(Brac University, 2022-05)Despair is common to the human experience regardless of any facet of one’s identity. In the course of studying literature in English, we often have little exposure to Asian literature despite Asian literature also ... -
Existentialism and absurdism in contemporary British Theatre: An analysis of Kane’s selected plays
(Brac University, 2020-09)This dissertation is an opportunity to explore Sarah Kane’s selected plays that unveil violence and absurd scenes which were never shown before in the British theatres. The paper aims to connect Kane’s selected contemporary ... -
Hair tied back
(Brac University, 2023-05)Hair Tied Back is a story inspired by Octavia E. Butler’s “The Book of Martha,” a short story about a protagonist who converses with God to come up with a new method of encouraging humans to find joy, hope and determination ... -
War and suicide: a comparative analysis of Yukio Mishima and Ernest Hemingway in the context of existentialism and Emile Durkheim’s Study of Suicide
(Brac University, 2024-01)Literature reflects its time and serves as a time capsule that encompasses pivotal experiences of the world and society. This paper will focus on an important timeline in human history and that would be the two World Wars, ...
