[quote name='robdees']Existenialism is a literary movement from the late 19th-early 20th century literature. It basically shows that man is the master of his own fate but with this sense of freedom and free will comes an overwhelming anxiety and fear of failure. Some authors to look into are
Sarte, Camus, Kafka, Heidiger. The movie "Memento" is also a good example of existenialism. That's about the extent of my knowledge, I don't really teach Ex. in my classes.... too depressing![/quote]
Sarte, Camus, and Kafka are pretty much the the standard in existenialist reading. But isn't Heidiger more modern or post modern than existential? I slept through most of my English classes so I could be wrong.