The Existential and its Exits
The Existential and its Exits

Author: L. A. C. Dobrez

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2014-01-13

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 147251467X

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The book fills a significant gap in modern critical studies. Hitherto, there has been no considered attempt to relate Existentialist thought to contemporary literature – and this is precisely what Dr Dobrez achieves, taking four leading writers and discussing their work in relation to Husserl, Heidegger and Sartre. Readers will find this account enlightening in its discussion of Existentialism itself and its application of Existentialist principles in modern literature. Thus this book will be of great value to students of both contemporary literature and modern philosophy.

No Exit
No Exit

Author: Yoav Di-Capua

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2018-03-30

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 022649988X

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It is a curious and relatively little-known fact that for two decades—from the end of World War II until the late 1960s—existentialism’s most fertile ground outside of Europe was in the Middle East, and Jean-Paul Sartre was the Arab intelligentsia’s uncontested champion. In the Arab world, neither before nor since has another Western intellectual been so widely translated, debated, and celebrated. By closely following the remarkable career of Arab existentialism, Yoav Di-Capua reconstructs the cosmopolitan milieu of the generation that tried to articulate a political and philosophical vision for an egalitarian postcolonial world. He tells this story by touring a fascinating selection of Arabic and Hebrew archives, including unpublished diaries and interviews. Tragically, the warm and hopeful relationships forged between Arab intellectuals, Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and others ended when, on the eve of the 1967 war, Sartre failed to embrace the Palestinian cause. Today, when the prospect of global ethical engagement seems to be slipping ever farther out of reach, No Exit provides a timely, humanistic account of the intellectual hopes, struggles, and victories that shaped the Arab experience of decolonization and a delightfully wide-ranging excavation of existentialism’s non-Western history.

No Exit
No Exit

Author: Jean-Paul Sartre

Publisher: Concord Theatricals

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780573613050

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Two women and one man are locked up together for eternity in one hideous room in Hell. The windows are bricked up, there are no mirrors, the electric lights can never be turned off, and there is no exit. The irony of this Hell is that its torture is not of the rack and fire, but of the burning humiliation of each soul as it is stripped of its pretenses by the cruel curiosity of the damned. Here the soul is shorn of secrecy, and even the blackest deeds are mercilessly exposed to the fierce light of Hell. It is an eternal torment.

The Semiotics of Beckett's Theatre
The Semiotics of Beckett's Theatre

Author: Khaled Besbes

Publisher: Universal-Publishers

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1581129556

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Semiotics is an interdisciplinary field of research and Beckett s theatre is one which engages a large spectrum of subjects and concerns that touch upon multiple aspects of human experience. The Beckettian dramatic text, as shall be demonstrated in this book, is a fertile ground for a semiotic investigation that is orchestrated by the profound insights of C. S. Peirce. As it applies semiotics to Beckett s theatre, this book seeks to preserve, communicate and throw into relief those universal values in the playwright s works which remain unchallenged despite every change and every revolution in human societies. What this book will hopefully contribute to the general canon of theatrical studies is its study of the Beckettian dramatic text not as a model of the absurd tradition, but rather as a cultural product whose writer's thinking can scarcely be dissociated from the cultural environment within which it took shape, and whose deciphering requires the use of cultural codes and sub-codes which will undergo detailed examination in the course of analysis, a study that we may so generically call a cultural semiotic study of Beckett.

Rethinking Existentialism
Rethinking Existentialism

Author: Jonathan Webber

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-07-12

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0191054763

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In Rethinking Existentialism, Jonathan Webber articulates an original interpretation of existentialism as the ethical theory that human freedom is the foundation of all other values. Offering an original analysis of classic literary and philosophical works published by Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Frantz Fanon up until 1952, Webber's conception of existentialism is developed in critical contrast with central works by Albert Camus, Sigmund Freud, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Presenting his arguments in an accessible and engaging style, Webber contends that Beauvoir and Sartre initially disagreed over the structure of human freedom in 1943 but Sartre ultimately came to accept Beauvoir's view over the next decade. He develops the viewpoint that Beauvoir provides a more significant argument for authenticity than either Sartre or Fanon. He articulates in detail the existentialist theories of individual character and the social identities of gender and race, key concerns in current discourse. Webber concludes by sketching out the broader implications of his interpretation of existentialism for philosophy, psychology, and psychotherapy.

No Exit and Three Other Plays
No Exit and Three Other Plays

Author: Jean-Paul Sartre

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1101971231

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NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • Four seminal plays by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. An existential portrayal of Hell in Sartre's best-known play, as well as three other brilliant, thought-provoking works: the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict, and an arresting attack on American racism.

A Comparative Examination of No Exit and The Stranger Exploring the Contrasts between Existentialis
A Comparative Examination of No Exit and The Stranger Exploring the Contrasts between Existentialis

Author: Parthiva Sinha

Publisher: Pencil

Published: 2023-12-21

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9358838612

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In response to the profound impact of two world wars, which unleashed despair, devastation, and widespread human rights violations, two philosophical movements emerged during the 19th century: Existentialism and Absurdism. These ideologies developed to refute traditional religious doctrines and the presence of God. Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, prominent figures associated with these philosophies, initially forged a close friendship amid the Nazi occupation of Paris. However, their differing views ultimately severed their bond, marking a significant cultural event. This study aims to compare and contrast Absurdism and Existentialism by analyzing two works: No Exit and The Stranger.

One Hundred Autobiographies
One Hundred Autobiographies

Author: David Lehman

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2019-10-15

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1501746472

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In One Hundred Autobiographies, poet and scholar David Lehman applies the full measure of his intellectual powers to cope with a frightening diagnosis and painful treatment for cancer. No matter how debilitating the medical procedures, Lehman wrote every day during chemotherapy and in the aftermath of radical surgery. With characteristic riffs of wit and imagination, he transmutes the details of his inner life into a prose narrative rich in incident and mental travel. The reader journeys with him from the first dreadful symptoms to the sunny days of recovery. This "fake memoir," as he refers ironically to it, features one-hundred short vignettes that tell a life story. One Hundred Autobiographies is packed with insights and epiphanies that may prove as indispensable to aspiring writers as Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet. Set against the backdrop of Manhattan, Lehman summons John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Edward Said, and Lionel Trilling among his mentors. Dostoyevsky shows up, as does Graham Greene. Keith Richards and Patti Hansen put in an appearance, Edith Piaf sings, Clint Eastwood saves the neighborhood, and the Rat Pack comes along for the ride. These and other avatars of popular culture help Lehman to make sense of his own mortality and life story. One Hundred Autobiographies reveals a stunning portrait of a mind against the ropes, facing its own extinction, surviving and enduring.

Huis Clos
Huis Clos

Author: Jean-Paul Sartre

Publisher:

Published: 2016-01-20

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9781138138780

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The full French text of Sartre's novel is accompanied by French-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context.