Nonsense of the existence and the 'sense' of the absurdity: Congenialities of Albert Camus' and Petar Sarić's creative proceeds
The philosophy of existentialism achieved its greatest impact through Sartre's lectures Existentialism is Humanity. His philosophy, founded on the thesis on the tragic throw in the whirlpool of the existence, had great impact on the literary achievements of George Marcel and Albert Camus. Never...
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| description | The philosophy of existentialism achieved its greatest impact through Sartre's lectures Existentialism is Humanity. His philosophy, founded on the thesis on the tragic throw in the whirlpool of the existence, had great impact on the literary achievements of George Marcel and Albert Camus. Nevertheless, elements of this philosophy can be recognized in the works of Serbian literature of the past century. This paper researches on the connections of Camus' Foreigner (1942) and Sarić's Boy from Lastva (1982), and states that the essential link among themselves is vital philosophy of the main characters - Mersault and the boy of Tugomir, close to the existentialistic deliberation upon the world and man in it (nonsense of existence, absurdity and Sisyphean battle of man, atheism, fear in front of the finality, responsibility for own acts, and the issue of freedom). Anxiety as 'the Central European cultural archetype' and 'obscure villayet' as the feeling of the man from Balkan areas, are synonymies for absurdity of existentialism. Although different as per its appearance chronology, geographic destination, event though the authors belonged to different cultural, national, and literary patterns, these two novels are close as per numerous motives, content, and thematic elements: both novels were written in the first person - in them young men, Camus' Mersault and Sarić's Son (later on named Tugomir), are facing by searching for the sense of own existence. Similarities among themselves can be identified and interpreted at several levels: with relation to the world (society), relation to the mother, relation to the Maria, relation to the God, relation to the time, and murder. The essential difference between Camus' Mersault and Sarić's Son lies in Mersault's indifference and non-interest to change himself and the world, and Son's curiosity to shape himself toward the world, and to create the World as per Lastva. So, in the Foreigner there is no action - things are accepted as they are. In the Boy from Lastva - the attempt of conciliation of two worlds remains futile, since the things are as they are and it has proven to be impossible to change them. Absurdity is to be unavoidable, and its prompt acceptance becomes the only sense in the nonsense of the existence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d5a9f00640c4e798ed3a22a85302ac52022-12-22T01:31:08ZengInstitute of Serbian Culture Priština, LeposavićBaština0353-90082683-57972013-01-012013341411530353-90081334141JNonsense of the existence and the 'sense' of the absurdity: Congenialities of Albert Camus' and Petar Sarić's creative proceedsJeftimijević-Mihajlović Marija0Institut za srpsku kulturu - Priština/LeposavićThe philosophy of existentialism achieved its greatest impact through Sartre's lectures Existentialism is Humanity. His philosophy, founded on the thesis on the tragic throw in the whirlpool of the existence, had great impact on the literary achievements of George Marcel and Albert Camus. Nevertheless, elements of this philosophy can be recognized in the works of Serbian literature of the past century. This paper researches on the connections of Camus' Foreigner (1942) and Sarić's Boy from Lastva (1982), and states that the essential link among themselves is vital philosophy of the main characters - Mersault and the boy of Tugomir, close to the existentialistic deliberation upon the world and man in it (nonsense of existence, absurdity and Sisyphean battle of man, atheism, fear in front of the finality, responsibility for own acts, and the issue of freedom). Anxiety as 'the Central European cultural archetype' and 'obscure villayet' as the feeling of the man from Balkan areas, are synonymies for absurdity of existentialism. Although different as per its appearance chronology, geographic destination, event though the authors belonged to different cultural, national, and literary patterns, these two novels are close as per numerous motives, content, and thematic elements: both novels were written in the first person - in them young men, Camus' Mersault and Sarić's Son (later on named Tugomir), are facing by searching for the sense of own existence. Similarities among themselves can be identified and interpreted at several levels: with relation to the world (society), relation to the mother, relation to the Maria, relation to the God, relation to the time, and murder. The essential difference between Camus' Mersault and Sarić's Son lies in Mersault's indifference and non-interest to change himself and the world, and Son's curiosity to shape himself toward the world, and to create the World as per Lastva. So, in the Foreigner there is no action - things are accepted as they are. In the Boy from Lastva - the attempt of conciliation of two worlds remains futile, since the things are as they are and it has proven to be impossible to change them. Absurdity is to be unavoidable, and its prompt acceptance becomes the only sense in the nonsense of the existence.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0353-9008/2013/0353-90081334141J.pdfphilosophy of existentialismjean-paul sartrealbert camuspetar sarićabsurditynonsenseanxiety'obscure villayet' |
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| title | Nonsense of the existence and the 'sense' of the absurdity: Congenialities of Albert Camus' and Petar Sarić's creative proceeds |
| title_full | Nonsense of the existence and the 'sense' of the absurdity: Congenialities of Albert Camus' and Petar Sarić's creative proceeds |
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| title_short | Nonsense of the existence and the 'sense' of the absurdity: Congenialities of Albert Camus' and Petar Sarić's creative proceeds |
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| topic | philosophy of existentialism jean-paul sartre albert camus petar sarić absurdity nonsense anxiety 'obscure villayet' |
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