Thesis
Pain: Suffering
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000006334
Abstract
With a focus on creative self-expression, this work integrates reflections of the author's own year traveling Nova Scotia in the early 2000's, while analyzing artists like Henry David Thoreau, Rebecca Solnit, Anne Carson, Laurent Cantet, and Edward Hopper, who explore experiences of getting "lost," leaving behind the geographic and metaphoric limits of society to find personal and authentic meaning in the world. This analysis explores the connections between these disparate artists, mediums, and time-periods, considering how each individual engages with similar questions, in a sense continuing an ongoing conversation spread out over centuries. We see the importance of isolation, movement, and self-discovery in these works. This essay underscores the tension between the needs of the worker and the needs of the soul, discovering rich meaning in the way artists have explored the need to step away from society, only to find a more authentic place within the world.
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Details
- Title
- Pain
- Creators
- Marc Schumann
- Contributors
- Debbie Lee (Advisor)Jon Hegglund (Committee Member)Peter Chilson (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of English
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 46
- Identifiers
- 99901087335701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis