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Escape and Endurance: An Analysis of Philosophical Elements in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War Trilogy
2021. urn:nbn:hr:142:485189
Berbić, Tomislav
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Berbić, T. (2021). Escape and Endurance: An Analysis of Philosophical Elements in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War Trilogy (Master's thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:485189

Berbić, Tomislav. "Escape and Endurance: An Analysis of Philosophical Elements in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War Trilogy." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:485189

Berbić, Tomislav. "Escape and Endurance: An Analysis of Philosophical Elements in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War Trilogy." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:485189

Berbić, T. (2021). 'Escape and Endurance: An Analysis of Philosophical Elements in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War Trilogy', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 14 November 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:485189

Berbić T. Escape and Endurance: An Analysis of Philosophical Elements in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War Trilogy [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2021 [cited 2024 November 14] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:485189

T. Berbić, "Escape and Endurance: An Analysis of Philosophical Elements in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War Trilogy", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2021. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:485189

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TitleEscape and Endurance: An Analysis of Philosophical Elements in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War Trilogy
Title (croatian)Bijeg i izdržljivost: analiza filozofskih elemenata u vijetnamskoj trilogiji Tima O'Briena
AuthorTomislav Berbić
MentorJasna Poljak Rehlicki (mentor)
Committee memberJasna Poljak Rehlicki (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberLjubica Matek (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberSanja Runtić (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2021-09-13, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The remarkable writing and style of Tim O’Brien have been topics of research and praise since his recognition for his earliest works, including the National Book Award for Fiction for Going After Cacciato. Some of academic discourse centered around his style, some on his conception of truth and verisimilitude, parts on the ethical component of his work, but seldom has there been research on the presence of philosophy in his works. Noted, we are not discounting ethics as philosophy, but we are focusing on another field altogether. This thesis will examine O’Brien’s Vietnam War trilogy, comprised of selected works of If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home (1973), Going After Cacciato (1978), and The Things They Carried (1990), and attempt to outline philosophical elements present within them. The elements the thesis proposes as present in the trilogy are chiefly the concept of authenticity, the absurd, and alienation, all of which occur in differing degrees and forms in the selected literature. The philosophical basis for drawing parallels of similarity and concurrence is constituted by predominantly existentialist thinkers and their notions of the three concepts, along with some broader, general information on their notions necessary for understanding. Beyond similarity, the thesis proposes original interpretations of the concepts as they appear in the trilogy, along with their inadvertent or intentional formulations in the texts.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:485189
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Philology
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: Philosophy (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije filozofije (magistar/magistra edukacije filozofije)
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