Browsing Germanic and Slavic Studies by Subject "Albert Camus"
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Absurd America: Immigration and Meaninglessness in Werner Herzog‘s Stroszek and Franz Kafka‘s Der Verschollene
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-11)In this thesis I compare Franz Kafka‘s novel Der Verschollene with Werner Herzog‘s movie Stroszek by utilizing Albert Camus‘ philosophy of the absurd as a literary theory. The absurd ad dresses the problem of meaninglessness ... -
Responding to Ethical Dilemmas in the Anthropocene: Sven Böttcher’s Prophezeiung
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)This thesis examines Sven Böttcher’s novel, Prophezeiung (2011), a climate change thriller. Prophezeiung does not call into question the reality of climate change or global warming; rather it seeks to come to terms with ...