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dc.contributor.advisorNoman, Abu Sayeed Mohammad
dc.contributor.authorSaha, Dola
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-26T04:27:30Z
dc.date.available2024-05-26T04:27:30Z
dc.date.copyright©2024
dc.date.issued2024-01
dc.identifier.otherID 20103020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/22917
dc.descriptionThis thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2024.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 54-58).
dc.description.abstractThe philosophical conflict between religion and Atheism has a significant rise around the modern and contemporary times following the historical inconveniences of constant war, loss and decay of moral ground. This paper focuses on aligning the contradictions through the philosophical perspective of Nihilism and Zen Buddhism through the characters of Eastern writer Haruki Murakami who is known to be focused on Western culture and style than the authenticity of his homeland, Japan. Though the main agenda of the thesis is to critically examine the characters from Murakami’s novels and their relation with Nihilism and Buddhism on a simultaneous and intricate aspect, it also explores supernatural themes which are connected to eastern religion and mythology and been used by the author. The paper analysed the historical, cultural, and political realm of Japan in modern times to analyse the characters traits as contemporary Japanese youth in Murakami’s literary universe addressing the duality of choices and actions being simultaneously presented as escapist and confrontational towards life. Therefore, the thesis is an analytical venture to address and link the ideas of Nihilism and Buddhism and their point in human life through the analysis of Murakami’s literary canon as an experiment of double-edged perspective of human life.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityDola Saha
dc.format.extent65 pages
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBrac Universityen_US
dc.rightsBrac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.
dc.subjectEastern philosophyen_US
dc.subjectJapanese literatureen_US
dc.subjectBuddhismen_US
dc.subjectNihilismen_US
dc.subjectZenen_US
dc.subject.lcshJapanese literature
dc.subject.lcshBuddhism
dc.subject.lcshZen Buddhism
dc.subject.lcshNihilism
dc.titleThe Tapestry of detachment and nothingness in Haruki Murakami’s work: an experimental interaction between Nihilism and Zen Buddhismen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of English and Humanities, Brac University
dc.description.degreeB.A. in English


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