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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Absurdism"”.
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Revolt, Passion, Freedom: A Collection of Short Stories Exploring Absurdism
… allure. This paper explores the ideas of the absurdism movement and aims to familiarize readers with absurdism. To do so, the philosophy is explained in the preface before being explored in a collection of three fictional short stories that each focus on a facet of absurdism (revolt, passion, …
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If You Insist on Being Injured, I Will Be the One to Injure You
… surprises and humor. There are elements of absurdism in my stories. However, my work is not an artifact of a political or philosophical ideal. My work is an artifact of who I am.
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Lot 17 and Other Stories
… exploring magical realism in "The Floating,” absurdism in "Lot 17,” realism in "Fatness”, southern gothic in "Pidgin”. The story "Dancing Boy at the Intersection” experiments in form and point of view. Combined, these stories offer various ways for readers to participate in short fiction.
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Crawlspace
… the American South, through an abstract lens of absurdism, surrealism, and magical realism. It seeks to understand and illustrate the function of the narrative voice and perspective in literature, and how these tools are effective in creating a sense of identity found in literary works. The …
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Philip Guston’s Absurd and the Sisyphean Affirmation in the Battle for Existentialism
… particularly Absurdist values. I propose that Absurdism can be linked to Guston’s work in three ways. First, by reviewing his biography I suggests that he was exposed to fundamental traumas early on. Second, close visual analysis of his paintings will be used here to identify Absurdist …
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Jiggs and Other Stories
Jiggs and Other Stories represent a diverse sampling of my work as a UNM graduate student and a writer of fiction. The works presented here are a pastiche of genres that include magical realism, tragedy, absurdist fiction, and fantasy and adventure. Beyond those significant categories, however, …
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An Investigation of Theatrical Phenomenology
<p>Regardless of the conclusions of any particular phenomenological method of viewing theatre, the questions that are raised may be the most important result. That is, the phenomenologist, in attempting to describe the nature and existence of things, must also question those same things, view them …