The essay for this lesson is required to be 1,000-1,500-words and clearly demonstrate your understanding of the prompt. Essays should be 5 or more paragraphs with a clear introduction, thesis statement and conclusion, written in APA format (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/). I have attached a copy of the course’s readings for your reference.
- A characteristic of existentialist writing, whether produced by philosophers like Sartre, Camus, and Schopenhauer, or novelists like Franz Kafka or Arthur Miller, is a challenge to the longstanding presumption that life is imbued with meaning. Drawing your inspiration from the writers mentioned, or those similar to them, provide examples of existentialist writings. Analyze what the writings say about meaninglessness, then compare and contrast what you believe, in response to these writings, about the issue of whether life is meaningful.