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squalid. A world of failures-professional, social, marital. Criminals or about to commit a crime.
Murder, betrayal, theft, death. Nb! Characters are forced to these by circumstances. Men lost in
despair.
Existentsialism-general problem of existence. Always a subject of literature. Entered the realm
of philosophy. A merging of philosophy and literature. Albert camus, jean paul sartre-ideas
through fiction. Iris Murdoch-philosopher by education. Purpose of novel: to analyse ideas.
Aritficial fictional world. Characters-express ideas. Parable, allegory, fable.
Existentsialist-born lonely. Loneliness, impossibility of communication even in most intimate
moments. Tragedy of lovers, friends. Murdoch: we cast a verbal net over the other. We all
speak a different language. Antonioni ,,eclipse".
Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects as they