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The Poetics Of Sunyata: Conveying The Unconveyable Of Emptiness, Simon Stan
The Poetics Of Sunyata: Conveying The Unconveyable Of Emptiness, Simon Stan
2020 Undergraduate Awards
Can the language of philosophy adequately articulate emptiness and nothingness? Rather, might poetry articulate that which conventional philosophical writing fails to achieve? Tasked with articulating the very nature of emptiness is Keiji Nishitani (Japanese philosopher and prominent scholar of the Kyoto School). In his seminal book entitled Religion and Nothingness, Nishitani discusses at length the standpoint of śūnyatā (otherwise known as emptiness). In many ways, Nishitani eloquently situates into dialogue both poetry and philosophy with the goal of unravelling a deeper understanding of the human condition. By employing poetry throughout his work, Nishitani capitalizes on the experiential and aesthetic contributions …
Consultation With The Self: The Diary As Speakability In “A Castaway”, Simon Stan
Consultation With The Self: The Diary As Speakability In “A Castaway”, Simon Stan
2020 Undergraduate Awards
Together with the diary and dramatic monologue, Augusta Webster’s poem “A Castaway” achieves a fiercely critical appraisal of Victorian society and the subjugation of its female community. Provoking the performativity of the monologue, the diary enables and empowers the voice of the protagonist, affording a space—A Room of One’s Own—to sincerely and persuasively relay the societal injustices that pervade the life of the Victorian sex worker and that thrust them into the darker, morally depraved recesses of Victorian society. The novelty of this paper is its investigation of the purpose of the diary as it relates to dramatic monologue and …
Babble, Babble, Words: The Solitary Child, The Absent Father, And The Roles Of Codependence, Love And Storytelling In Samuel Beckett’S Endgame, Elliott K. Cooper
Babble, Babble, Words: The Solitary Child, The Absent Father, And The Roles Of Codependence, Love And Storytelling In Samuel Beckett’S Endgame, Elliott K. Cooper
2020 Undergraduate Awards
Samuel Beckett’s Endgame can be a very uncomfortable experience for readers or the audiences it is performed for. The atmosphere it creates is almost unrelentingly bleak, with very little signs of hope for the future or for the characters we’re introduced to. For victims of codependent relationships - particularly those that involved parental abuse, neglect and manipulation - the discomfort portrayed may be all too familiar. This essay explores Endgame as a depiction of the oppressive dynamics of a broken home which outlines the generational nature of trauma, poverty and disability. It examines the narrative through the lens of psychology, …