An Existentialist Reading of Adam Reta’s Novel ‘Märäqe’

Abstract

The age of information which is a great manifestation of globalization could influence people negatively. For this reason, the study attempts to make an existentialist reading of Adam Retas novel ‘märäqe’ by using Jean Paul Sartre’s Existentialist philosophy dominantly as a perspective. The study assessed the choices and actions of the characters in the face of their facticity at critical times of their life. By identifying such choices and actions the researcher has also tried to see how the characters are responsible for their choices and actions. In addition, an attempt is made to identify the massage of the author as a commited writer. The researcher found that the more the individuals are subject to the influence of others the more their choices and actions become results of bad outcome for themselves and for others. In the other hand the more their able to examine the influence of others and start to seek other possibilities the more their actions become the result of a better out come. The researcher observed that all the four characters of the novel ended up as authentic and responsible characters and the novel seems to be a visionary novel.