Apathy in literature : a discourse on emotionless characters and concepts / / McCracken, Tony
| Apathy in literature : a discourse on emotionless characters and concepts / / McCracken, Tony |
| Autore | McCracken Tony |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (97 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.04 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism
Literature, Modern - Germany |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-95489-612-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Apathy in Literature; Contents; 1. Introduction; 1.2 What is apathy?; 2. Apathy as a character trait; 3. Unawareness of emotions -The Stranger; 3.1 First indications for apathy; 3.2 Apathy and moral guilt; 3.3 Reliability; 3.4 Apathy as Meursault's tragic flaw; 4. Controlling/repressing emotions - Hamlet; 4.1 Emotion and ratio; 4.2 Examples of repressed emotions: Hamlet in interaction with other characters; 4.3 Soliloquies and motivation; 4.4 Apathy as Hamlet's flaw; 5. Striving to feel - Fight Club; 5.1 Disrupting the state of apathy; 5.2 Who is Tyler Durden?
5.3 From copy to original - From apathy to emotion6. Emotion in relation to only one particular feature - Perfume; 6.1 Apathy, smell and existence; 6.2 Grenouille's apathy and further analysis of the character's motivation; 6.3 Crime fiction from the view of the murderer; 7. Apathy as social phenomenon - Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep?; 7.1 The different social groups: three levels of human emotion; 7.2 Empathy and emotion for oneself; 7.3 Creating apathy in society; 7.4 Dystopias and utopias; 8. Apathy in the narration - Boyhood; 9. Apathy in the setting - Endgame and Dubliners 10. Intermediate conclusion10.1 The four types of apathetic characters; 10.2 The two forms of apathy as external concept; 10.3 Apathy in the setting and narration; 11. Comparison of further key differences; 11.1 Assimilation to society; 11.2 Religion; 11.3 Will to live and the downfall; 12. Criticism in the text (philosophy in literature); 12.1 Existence precedes essence; 12.2 Concept of time; 12.3 Concept of humanism; 12.4 Concept of freedom; 12.5 Ethical considerations; 13. Apathy in poems - Apathy and Enthusiasm; 14. The reader's experience / Differences between play, prose and poem 15. Final conclusion16. References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463949203321 |
McCracken Tony
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| Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Apathy in literature : a discourse on emotionless characters and concepts / / McCracken, Tony
| Apathy in literature : a discourse on emotionless characters and concepts / / McCracken, Tony |
| Autore | McCracken Tony |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (97 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.04 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism
Literature, Modern - Germany |
| ISBN | 3-95489-612-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Apathy in Literature; Contents; 1. Introduction; 1.2 What is apathy?; 2. Apathy as a character trait; 3. Unawareness of emotions -The Stranger; 3.1 First indications for apathy; 3.2 Apathy and moral guilt; 3.3 Reliability; 3.4 Apathy as Meursault's tragic flaw; 4. Controlling/repressing emotions - Hamlet; 4.1 Emotion and ratio; 4.2 Examples of repressed emotions: Hamlet in interaction with other characters; 4.3 Soliloquies and motivation; 4.4 Apathy as Hamlet's flaw; 5. Striving to feel - Fight Club; 5.1 Disrupting the state of apathy; 5.2 Who is Tyler Durden?
5.3 From copy to original - From apathy to emotion6. Emotion in relation to only one particular feature - Perfume; 6.1 Apathy, smell and existence; 6.2 Grenouille's apathy and further analysis of the character's motivation; 6.3 Crime fiction from the view of the murderer; 7. Apathy as social phenomenon - Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep?; 7.1 The different social groups: three levels of human emotion; 7.2 Empathy and emotion for oneself; 7.3 Creating apathy in society; 7.4 Dystopias and utopias; 8. Apathy in the narration - Boyhood; 9. Apathy in the setting - Endgame and Dubliners 10. Intermediate conclusion10.1 The four types of apathetic characters; 10.2 The two forms of apathy as external concept; 10.3 Apathy in the setting and narration; 11. Comparison of further key differences; 11.1 Assimilation to society; 11.2 Religion; 11.3 Will to live and the downfall; 12. Criticism in the text (philosophy in literature); 12.1 Existence precedes essence; 12.2 Concept of time; 12.3 Concept of humanism; 12.4 Concept of freedom; 12.5 Ethical considerations; 13. Apathy in poems - Apathy and Enthusiasm; 14. The reader's experience / Differences between play, prose and poem 15. Final conclusion16. References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787713003321 |
McCracken Tony
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| Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Apathy in literature : a discourse on emotionless characters and concepts / / McCracken, Tony
| Apathy in literature : a discourse on emotionless characters and concepts / / McCracken, Tony |
| Autore | McCracken Tony |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (97 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.04 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism
Literature, Modern - Germany |
| ISBN | 3-95489-612-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Apathy in Literature; Contents; 1. Introduction; 1.2 What is apathy?; 2. Apathy as a character trait; 3. Unawareness of emotions -The Stranger; 3.1 First indications for apathy; 3.2 Apathy and moral guilt; 3.3 Reliability; 3.4 Apathy as Meursault's tragic flaw; 4. Controlling/repressing emotions - Hamlet; 4.1 Emotion and ratio; 4.2 Examples of repressed emotions: Hamlet in interaction with other characters; 4.3 Soliloquies and motivation; 4.4 Apathy as Hamlet's flaw; 5. Striving to feel - Fight Club; 5.1 Disrupting the state of apathy; 5.2 Who is Tyler Durden?
5.3 From copy to original - From apathy to emotion6. Emotion in relation to only one particular feature - Perfume; 6.1 Apathy, smell and existence; 6.2 Grenouille's apathy and further analysis of the character's motivation; 6.3 Crime fiction from the view of the murderer; 7. Apathy as social phenomenon - Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep?; 7.1 The different social groups: three levels of human emotion; 7.2 Empathy and emotion for oneself; 7.3 Creating apathy in society; 7.4 Dystopias and utopias; 8. Apathy in the narration - Boyhood; 9. Apathy in the setting - Endgame and Dubliners 10. Intermediate conclusion10.1 The four types of apathetic characters; 10.2 The two forms of apathy as external concept; 10.3 Apathy in the setting and narration; 11. Comparison of further key differences; 11.1 Assimilation to society; 11.2 Religion; 11.3 Will to live and the downfall; 12. Criticism in the text (philosophy in literature); 12.1 Existence precedes essence; 12.2 Concept of time; 12.3 Concept of humanism; 12.4 Concept of freedom; 12.5 Ethical considerations; 13. Apathy in poems - Apathy and Enthusiasm; 14. The reader's experience / Differences between play, prose and poem 15. Final conclusion16. References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824077103321 |
McCracken Tony
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| Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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