dc.contributor.advisor | Basu, Lopamudra | |
dc.contributor.author | Koester, Trever | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-11T20:16:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-11T20:16:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Koester, T. (2017). Meaning of suffering in literature and life. University of Wisconsin-Stout Journal of Student Research, 16, 22-30. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/77571 | |
dc.description.abstract | Suffering is an inevitable facet of life. All around the world countless
numbers of people endure suffering from violence, abuse, natural disasters,
and their own vindictive and self-damaging natures. It is difficult to make
sense of and find meaning in the seemingly pointless suffering in our
everyday lives. This paper explores the meaning of suffering through the
lenses of Shakespeare’s play King Lear, Jane Smiley’s novel A Thousand Acres,
modern psychology, and the survivors of real-world catastrophes. Literature
imitates life and by exploring it, along with modern research and real-world
survivor testaments, this paper takes a holistic approach to making meaning
out of the seemingly meaningless pain and chaos that suffering inflicts. This
paper uses a wide array of circumstances and examples to scrape away at
timeless questions that are all too often answered by thoughtless clichés. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs | en |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | University of Wisconsin--Stout. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs | en |
dc.rights | All rights reserved. No part of this journal may be reproduced
in any form without the permission of the University of
Wisconsin-Stout | en |
dc.subject | A Thousand Acres | en |
dc.subject | disaster | en |
dc.subject | King Lear | en |
dc.subject | meaning | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Smiley, Jane. Thousand acres | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Suffering in literature | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Suffering | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Disasters | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear | en |
dc.title | Meaning of suffering in literature and life | en |
dc.type | Article | en |