"A Manly, Inc. book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and index.
Contents:
An introduction to existential thought and fiction -- Historical background to French existential fiction -- Some existential philosophers. Pascal. Kierkegaard. Nietzche. Husserl. Heidegger. Other existential philosophers outside France -- French existential novelists prior to 1940. Gide. Martin du Gard. Saint-Exupéry. Malraux -- French existentialists and their contemporaries. Sartre. Beauvoir. Camus. Marcel and Merleau-Ponty. Three other writers -- Hallmark works by Sartre, Beauvoir, and Camus -- Critical response to French existential fiction -- Works and adaptations in other media. Selected motion pictures, plays, television productions, and recordings. Three Sartre movies and adaptations: Les Jeux sont faits, Le Mur, and Les Mains sales. Camus's L'Etranger -- French existential fiction, the nouveau roman, the Theater of the Absurd, and other literatures -- Resources for study of existential fiction.
Series:
Literary topics, 1526-1549; v. 8 Gale study guides to great literature.
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