Presenting the work of Miguel de Unamuno and Albert Camus as paradigmatic, the present study examines the significance and function of the tragic in a modern context, using a historical, socio-political approach. This approach permits the tragic to be seen as a product of specific historical circumstances, rather than as a fundamental, metaphysical aspect of the human condition, first revealed in Greek Tragedy and still evident today. In addition, a connection is made between Unamuno's and Camus's controversial political positions taken at the end of their lives and their insistence upon a tragic human condition.
| ISBN: | 9780820419091 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 1993 |
| Author: | Keith W Hansen |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 187 pages |
| Series: | Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures |
| Genres: |
Biography, Literature and Literary studies Literary studies: general Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Phenomenology and Existentialism |
Presenting the work of Miguel de Unamuno and Albert Camus as paradigmatic, the present study examines the significance and function of the tragic in a modern context, using a historical, socio-political approach. This approach permits the tragic to be seen as a product of specific historical circumstances, rather than as a fundamental, metaphysical aspect of the human condition, first revealed in Greek Tragedy and still evident today. In addition, a connection is made between Unamuno's and Camus's controversial political positions taken at the end of their lives and their insistence upon a tragic human condition.
Tragic Lucidity features in the following genres: Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Phenomenology and Existentialism
Tragic Lucidity is available in Hardback
Tragic Lucidity was written by Keith W Hansen and published by P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
Tragic Lucidity has 187 pages
Yes it is part of Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures series