Solitude as an act of hedonism in Bryce Andrews’ Badluck Way
This paper argues that the author’s preference for solitude in Bryce Andrew’s Badluck Way is essentially hedonistic in nature. Solitude constitutes human existence and experience. The concept of ‘pain and pleasure’ predicates hedonism. The intersectionality between experiential solitude and hedon...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15720/1/41245-134988-1-PB.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15720/ http://ejournals.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1304 |
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| Summary: | This paper argues that the author’s preference for solitude in Bryce Andrew’s Badluck Way is
essentially hedonistic in nature. Solitude constitutes human existence and experience. The
concept of ‘pain and pleasure’ predicates hedonism. The intersectionality between experiential
solitude and hedonism is unfortunately inconceivable despite a plethora of discourse including
literature. In numerous literary texts, solitude has been the pivotal entry point to ascertain and
expound both fictional and nonfictional characters’ actions and behaviours. The same can be
said about hedonism. However, there is little to no literary studies conducted to explore the
common linkage between solitude and hedonistic views. Fred Feldman’s (2004) Attitudinal
Hedonism theory and his six Intrinsic Attitudinal Pleasure features underpinned the study.
Findings disclosed that many pleasure taking aspects in solitude are inherently hedonistic.
Selected excerpts revealed that hedonism and pleasure taking played a predominant role in
asserting the author’s predilection for solitariness. This paper responds to the need for
investigation of the singularisation of solitude-hedonism concept as a means of heightening
interdisciplinary awareness and enabling inter-discourse studies of literary and philosophical
scholarship alike. |
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