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| Open Access | THE INFLUENCE OF EXISTENTIALISM IN ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Sirojiddinova Muxlisa , Department of Practical English and Literature Faculty of Foreign PhilologyAbstract
This article explores how existentialist philosophy shaped English literature in the 20th century. It highlights the integration of themes such as freedom, absurdity, alienation, and identity into literary expression. The works of authors like Samuel Beckett, Iris Murdoch, and Virginia Woolf are examined as case studies to demonstrate how existentialism provided a framework for exploring human experience. Drawing on the ideas of Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Camus, the paper argues that literature served as a powerful platform for existential inquiry in a rapidly changing world.
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existentialism, absurdity, freedom, alienation, identity, modern literature
References
Kierkegaard, S. (1849). “The Sickness Unto Death”.
Sartre, J.-P. (1943). “Being and Nothingness”.
Camus, A. (1942). “The Myth of Sisyphus”.
Beckett, S. (1953). “Waiting for Godot”.
Murdoch, I. (1958). “The Bell”.
Woolf, V. (1925). “Mrs. Dalloway”.
Heidegger, M. (1927). “Being and Time”.
Flynn, T. (2006). “Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction". Oxford University Press.
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