EXISTENTIALISM AND POSTMODERNISM AS REFLECTED ON THE CHARACTER OF JOHN DOE IN SEVEN BY KEVIN ANDREW WALKER

• Main Author: MARIA CHISTINA
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; English; English; English; English; English; English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: P Language and Literature; PN0441 Literary History
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/129251/1/1.%20HALAMAN%20JUDUL.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/129251/2/2.%20DAFTAR%20ISI%20.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/129251/7/3.%20ABSTRAK.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/129251/8/4.%20BAB%20I%20PENDAHULUAN%20.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/129251/6/5.%20BAB%20II.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/129251/10/6.%20BAB%20III%20ANALISA.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/129251/4/7.%20BAB%20IV%20KESIMPULAN.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/129251/3/8.%20DAFTAR%20PUSTAKA.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/129251/5/9.%20LAMPIRAN.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/129251/; http://www.lib.unair.ac.id
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Nowadays mankind has been motivated to overcome modernity dilemma experienced. Previously modernity has the purpose for the welfare of human civilization . There is optimism that through the development of science and technology, mankind's lives will experience progression toward better quality of life. People are able to do anything that seemed to be impossible such as conquering nature. But, along with the physical progress being achieved, human morality grows the other way round. In this matter, modernization has taken part ·in giving contribution- for violence and crimes happened. It makes human start to lose their human values and their civilization will face a declining. Therefore, they try to rearrange their lives with postmodern attitude as the answer in overcoming the negative sides of modernism.