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Sisyphus Revisited: the Myth as a Revived Museum Exhibit

Author(s): Ioan Naşcu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura U. T. Press
Keywords: Sisyphus; modern man; absurd; existentialism; tragic;

Summary/Abstract: The modern man constantly returns to certain points of reference, be them real or fabricated, in his attempt to deal with the world he lives in, a world which he comperhends and controls ever less. Such points of referencedo not stay unchanged, though. The modern man’s failure to perceive this shift turns him into a Sisyphus who is more wretched than the one long since outdated.

  • Issue Year: XXIV/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 235-242
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: German
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