The Influence of Existential Philosophy on Strindberg and Becket
Abstract
تحاول هذه الدراسة التحقق من تأثير المدرسة الفلسفية الوجودية و التي تعد من اشهر المدارس على سترندبرغ و بكت. شخصيات عظيمة مثل كيركيجارد و نيتشه و سارتر و هيدغر مؤكد ان لها اثرا كبيرا في اثراء الفكر الانساني عموما و هدف هذه الدراسة هو اكتشاف هل انهم اثروا في كتاب المسرح و رجالاته و طريقة خلقهم لاعمالهم الادبية بتفاصيلها التقنية.
لقد تم اختيار كاتبين مسرحيين اثنين لجعلهم موضوع للدراسة و هما اوكست سترندبرغ و صامويل بكت. وقع الاختيار عليهما لانهما يمثلان فترتين مختلفتين كما انهما مختلفان في اسلوب الكتابة ايضا. الجزء الاول من الدراسة سيخصص لمناقشة الافكار العامة التي ترتكز عليها الفلسفة الوجودية مع التركيز على نلك التي قد تكون ذات تأثير على النتاج الادبي لسترندبرغ و بكت.
سيعرض الجزء الذي بعده موجزا عن الكاتب سترندبرغ مع التركيز على عملية تحوله من الطبيعانية الى الوجودية من خلال تفحص بعض اعماله المشهورة. فيما يخص صامويل بكت , فانه سيتم دراسة مسرحيتين هما ايام سعيدة ونهاية اللعبة لاكتشاف كيف حاول الكاتب تمثيل افكار الفلسفة الوجودية من خلال الثيمات و استخدام اللغة وغيرها من الامور التقنية. تختم الدراسة بعرض موجز للاستنتاجات التي توصل اليها الباحث.
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