Reflection of The Most Important Existential Themes In A Novel (Death At The Twelfth Bell) By Kawthar Shawkat

Abstract

This research is an attempt to read and analyze the most important topics of existential philosophy in the novel (Death in the Twelfth Bell)، because the young writer (Kawthar Shawkat)، the author of this novel، was able to some extent to raise the most important topics such as (freedom، man، humanity، optimism، pessimism)، which is the focus of how to prove the real existence of individuals in society in particular and life in general. This research was conducted according to the descriptive analytical approach. We try to answer these questions: To what extent was optimism gained in the novel (Death in the Twelfth Bell), and whether the male novelist was able to discuss existential topics in a balanced manner. The aforementioned novelist also tried through the movement and positions of her novel characters to portray and present to the recipient the meaning of (existence) according to the concept of modern existential philosophy. It is worth mentioning that the aforementioned writer focused on the personality of women in how to portray existential topics. For this reason، we can consider this novel as an important philosophical text in its logic. As for the chapters of this research، it is divided into two chapters. The first theoretical section consists of these sections: the term and definitions of existentialism، as well as how this philosophical orientation is reflected in world and Kurdish literature. As for the second chapter، we have focused more on reflecting and embodying the most important existential topics in the narrative text of this research.