FREN-UA 767 - Existentialism and the Absurd

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New York University

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Main expressions of existential thought in Jean-Paul Department of French Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Albert Camus. Attention to the French existentialists' concern for commitment in political and social affairs of the times. Examines absurdist literature since the 1950s in the "theatre of the absurd," in fiction, and in critical work of other contemporary French writers. Covers Ionesco, Beckett, Genet, Robbe-Grillet, and Barthes; precursors of the absurd such as Kafka and Céline; and practitioners of the absurd outside of France (such as Pinter, Albee, and Barthelme).

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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