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Henderson the Rain King: Resolving Existential Despair with Theist Existential Philosophy

Tanrıcı Varoluşcu Felsefe ile Varoluşculuk Sorununu Çözme: Henderson The Rain King

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  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

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  • 2010

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Saul Bellow modern dönemde yazmıştır. Bu dönemdeki çoğu yazar, dönemin kendine özgü ve yaygın olan insan sorunlarına eğilmiştir. Bu dönemdeki felsefi akımlar da, dönemin yazarlarını etkilemiştir. Varoluşculuk, yazarların etkilendiği felsefi akımlardan biridir. Bu makale Henderson’un savaş sonrası modern Amerika’daki hoşnutsuzluğunu ve Henderson’un Afrika’daki ruhsal değişimini, Henderson’un dini yadsımadığına işaret ederek göstermektedir. Bu makale Bellow’un romanlarında dini öğeler kullandığını ve sevgi ve kardeşlik esasına dayanan Soren Kierkegard’ın tanrıcı varoluş felsefesine yaklaştığını göstermektedir.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Saul Bellow has written in the modern area. Many novelists in this period have seen to problems of man that are distinctive and prevalent in the modern period. Philosophical movements in this period have also influenced writers of the time. Existentialism is one of the philosophical movements by which many writers have been influenced. This essay shows Henderson’s dissatisfaction with the post-war society in Modern America and Henderson’s spiritual transformation in Africa pointing to the fact that Henderson doesn’t reject religion. This essay shows that Bellow uses religious elements in his novel and that he approaches Soren Kiekegaard’s theist existentialist philosophy which is based on brotherhood and love.
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