Existentialism and Italian Literature

Pacifici, Sergio

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“…The researcher's aimed to find out the use of the characteristics of existentialism in the songs of Sting. Existentialism's basic concern is man's existence, about his uniqueness compared with other beings (Waters, 1950;Pacifici, 1955). For the existentialist, man is more than what he is, he chooses what he'll be and how he'll relate to the world; it speaks of his freedom to be in a world that he has no full control of (Flynn, 2012).…”

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Existentialism as Reflected in Sting's Song Lyrics

2021

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Sting is an international artist, and much of his music has been a reflection of his personality and his very vocal views regarding his advocacies in life. He writes about anything from love, relationships, death, politics, religion, etc. He is able to write songs that sound more like poetry than a typical pop song composition. As a clearly subjective being, he feels more than he thinks, so the emotion that is involved in his song writing is a clear manifestation of his existentialist tendencies. The study aims to validate the theories of existentialism as these are fleshed out from the lyrics of Sting in a limited selection of his songs. It seeks to provide an analysis of his songs set against that of an existentialist philosophical framework which consists of principle concepts such as: individual existence, subjectivity, choice and commitment, absurdity, and alienation. The study is both qualitative and quantitative in design and uses documentary analysis to bear out its premises and validate the impact of Sting's existentialist philosophy in his music. The existential characteristics used in the lyrics of the songs by Stings are Freedom and Responsibility, Absurdity, Dread, Alienation and Authenticity. These Existential characteristics were reflected in the lyrics of (30) thirty songs of Sting. Among the five characteristics of Existentialism mentioned, Dread or Anxiety is the most frequently used and reflected in the lyrics of the songs by Sting.

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Existentialism as Reflected in Sting's Song Lyrics

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