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Pär Lagerkvist

Pär Lagerkvist. “Father and I” 1954. Pär Lagerkvist. Name: Pär Lagerkvist (1891-1974) Place of Birth : Sweden Genre: Poetry, drama, novels, stories, essays Type: Existentialism and cubism Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature Major Works: Ångest (Angst) Barabbas

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Pär Lagerkvist

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  1. Pär Lagerkvist “Father and I” 1954

  2. Pär Lagerkvist Name: Pär Lagerkvist (1891-1974) Place of Birth: Sweden Genre: Poetry, drama, novels, stories, essays Type: Existentialism and cubism Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature Major Works: • Ångest (Angst) • Barabbas • Evil Tales (starts with “Father and I”) Themes: • The fundamental question of good and evil • Endless darkness and the responsibility of a person to save himself/herself, not as an immortal soul but as a vitally mortal self

  3. Background: Society and Culture • The twentieth century introduces a cultural period in which individuals not only reject the past but also question the very basis of knowledge and consider the possibility that knowledge and concepts once thought to be fixed and objective are instead constantly shifting and subjective. • Philosophers and thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Henri Bergson, Karl Marx, and Sigmund Freud challenged nineteenth-century science and the positivist confidence in its ability to explain both the physical and social worlds in completely rational terms. • World War I had a powerful impact in its aftermath, causing Europeans to reconsider their very belief systems and leading to widespread dissatisfaction with the authorities who, many believed, were motivated by greed, class exploitation, and hunger for power. • New studies in the relationship between reality and appearance led to the philosophy of existentialism.

  4. Background: Existentialism Existentialism (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSOImo5Xi-Y

  5. Father and I

  6. “Father and I” • Setting • Characters • Plot • Point of view • Conflict • Foreshadowing • Theme • Symbols Directions: As you read the story, look for key elements.

  7. “Father and I” • Place • Time • Weather conditions • Social conditions • Mood Setting

  8. “Father and I” • Who • Who Characters

  9. “Father and I” • Who • Who Characters

  10. “Father and I” • Characteristics • Developing or static? Father

  11. “Father and I” • Characteristics • Developing or static? Son

  12. “Father and I” Plot

  13. “Father and I” • Innocent eye? • Stream of consciousness? • First person? • Omniscient limited? • Omniscient objective? Point of View

  14. “Father and I” • Innocent eye? • Stream of consciousness? • First person? • Omniscient limited? • Omniscient objective? Point of View

  15. “Father and I” Conflict

  16. “Father and I” Foreshadowing

  17. “Father and I” Foreshadowing

  18. “Father and I” Theme

  19. “Father and I” Allegory

  20. “Father and I” Symbols

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