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DIGGING INTO THE DEPTHS OF EXISTENTIALIST ABSURDISM THROUGH GOTHIC IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KAFKA ON THE SHORE

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DIGGING INTO THE DEPTHS OF EXISTENTIALIST ABSURDISM THROUGH GOTHIC IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KAFKA ON THE SHORE

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This study aims to bring the realms of philosophy and literature together to create a link between our quotidian lives and fictional worlds. Absurdity in an existential sense means there is an internal contradiction in one’s aspiration to seek meaning in the universe which is destitute of such meaning. The correlation between absurdity and existentialism was asserted by Albert Camus who gained insights into absurdity by contemplating Sisyphus. Nonetheless, the purpose of this study is to blend existential absurdism with gothic genre to explore elements of existential absurdity and gothic echoes in Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore. One’s existential angst can be evaluated from a perspective which is also related to gothic, since the universe devoid of rationality, purpose and joy can be likened to gothic fiction whose attributes are also irrationality, gloominess and uncanny. To cope with the absurdity that surrounds us, as though we were characters trapped in manifold absurdities of gothic fiction, we resolutely cling to hope or death. Death is also a theme of gothic fiction from which characters endeavour to escape but mostly fail, like existentialists cannot escape from suicidal desires in nihility called the universe.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

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Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

22 Aralık 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

19 Temmuz 2021

Kabul Tarihi

22 Kasım 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Cilt: 45 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Carban, Y. (2021). DIGGING INTO THE DEPTHS OF EXISTENTIALIST ABSURDISM THROUGH GOTHIC IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KAFKA ON THE SHORE. Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 45(2), 101-116. https://izlik.org/JA83RF29RE
AMA
1.Carban Y. DIGGING INTO THE DEPTHS OF EXISTENTIALIST ABSURDISM THROUGH GOTHIC IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KAFKA ON THE SHORE. CUJOSS. 2021;45(2):101-116. https://izlik.org/JA83RF29RE
Chicago
Carban, Yeşim. 2021. “DIGGING INTO THE DEPTHS OF EXISTENTIALIST ABSURDISM THROUGH GOTHIC IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KAFKA ON THE SHORE”. Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 45 (2): 101-16. https://izlik.org/JA83RF29RE.
EndNote
Carban Y (01 Aralık 2021) DIGGING INTO THE DEPTHS OF EXISTENTIALIST ABSURDISM THROUGH GOTHIC IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KAFKA ON THE SHORE. Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 45 2 101–116.
IEEE
[1]Y. Carban, “DIGGING INTO THE DEPTHS OF EXISTENTIALIST ABSURDISM THROUGH GOTHIC IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KAFKA ON THE SHORE”, CUJOSS, c. 45, sy 2, ss. 101–116, Ara. 2021, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA83RF29RE
ISNAD
Carban, Yeşim. “DIGGING INTO THE DEPTHS OF EXISTENTIALIST ABSURDISM THROUGH GOTHIC IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KAFKA ON THE SHORE”. Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 45/2 (01 Aralık 2021): 101-116. https://izlik.org/JA83RF29RE.
JAMA
1.Carban Y. DIGGING INTO THE DEPTHS OF EXISTENTIALIST ABSURDISM THROUGH GOTHIC IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KAFKA ON THE SHORE. CUJOSS. 2021;45:101–116.
MLA
Carban, Yeşim. “DIGGING INTO THE DEPTHS OF EXISTENTIALIST ABSURDISM THROUGH GOTHIC IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KAFKA ON THE SHORE”. Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 45, sy 2, Aralık 2021, ss. 101-16, https://izlik.org/JA83RF29RE.
Vancouver
1.Yeşim Carban. DIGGING INTO THE DEPTHS OF EXISTENTIALIST ABSURDISM THROUGH GOTHIC IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KAFKA ON THE SHORE. CUJOSS [Internet]. 01 Aralık 2021;45(2):101-16. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA83RF29RE