ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
摘要 | 第5-6页 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第6-8页 |
CHAPTER Ⅰ.INTRODUCTION | 第8-12页 |
CHAPTER Ⅱ.LITERATUREREVIEW | 第12-17页 |
A.The Theatre of the Absurd | 第12-14页 |
B.The philosophical basis of the Theatre of the Absurd—the existential philosophy | 第14-15页 |
C.The Existential concerns in Beckett's plays | 第15-17页 |
CHAPTER Ⅲ.SEARCH FOR AUTHENTIC SELF | 第17-35页 |
A.Becoming aware of Being by means of nothingness | 第17-25页 |
1.Human beings as the only beings with the Awareness of Being | 第17-21页 |
2."Nothingness"as the key to the awareness of Being | 第21-25页 |
B.The three phases of the search for authentic self | 第25-35页 |
1.Indistinctive existence based on thrownness | 第26-28页 |
2.The absurdity confronted by inauthentic self | 第28-32页 |
3.Freedom of choice between "falling" and "authenticity" | 第32-35页 |
CHAPTER Ⅳ.TIME AND BEING | 第35-48页 |
A.The nature of time | 第35-37页 |
B.The realization of authentic Being through the wholeness of time | 第37-45页 |
1.Being-to-Death as the premise of temporality | 第37-39页 |
2.The future authentic Being achieved through "Past" and "Present" | 第39-45页 |
C.The independence of time and Being | 第45-48页 |
CHAPTER Ⅴ.THE RELATION BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL BEINGS | 第48-62页 |
A.The absolute co-existence with others | 第48-51页 |
B.The deficiency of caring for others | 第51-56页 |
C.Language as an aspect of Being-with and its deficiency | 第56-62页 |
CHAPTER Ⅵ.CONCLUTION | 第62-65页 |
WORKS CITED | 第65-67页 |