Apathy in Literature: A Discourse on Emotionless Characters and Concepts
(Sprache: Englisch)
This discourse focuses on the different concepts of apathy that appear in literature. Not only characterizations of apathetic protagonists, but also abstract concepts of apathy help to explore this special topic. Several important literary works from all...
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This discourse focuses on the different concepts of apathy that appear in literature. Not only characterizations of apathetic protagonists, but also abstract concepts of apathy help to explore this special topic. Several important literary works from all sorts of genres function as examples to explain these concepts. Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', 'Camus''The Stranger', Palahniuk's 'Fight Club', Süskind's 'Perfume', and Dick's 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' are only few of many literary works which are examined under the aspect of apathy in this study. Apathy is the lack of any kind of emotion. As emotions are essential to the conception of the human being, many approaches to understand this phenomenon have been made. The fields of psychology and biology are only two of several sciences which try to explain this phenomenon of alexithymia. But, whereas the core and origin of this human condition are still being analyzed, literature has been using the theme of apathy in several different ways. How this theme is used and which different concepts of apathy exist, will be examined in this discourse.
Autoren-Porträt von Tony McCracken
Tony McCracken was a student of literature and philosophy in Darmstadt, Germany. The main focus of his momentary studies is the influence of philosophical problems on literary works. The authors private interests are rock n roll and cats.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tony McCracken
- 2013, 1st ed., 100 Seiten, Maße: 15,5 x 22,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Anchor Academic Publishing
- ISBN-10: 3954891123
- ISBN-13: 9783954891122
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2017
Sprache:
Englisch
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