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- 1. Robert Frost asa Philosopher • Name: Sonal Baraiya • Class: MA Sem-3 • Roll No.: 26 • Paper No.: 10-The American Literature • Submitted to: Smt. S.B. Gardi, Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
- 2. Robert Frost Robert Frostwas born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. He spent the first 11 years of his life there, until his father, William Prescott Frost Jr., died of tuberculosis.
- 3. What is Philosophy? •Philosophia= ‘‘Love of Wisdom’’ or ‘‘Friend of Wisdom’’ • Philosophy is the study of the general and fundamental nature of reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
- 4. Frost and Philosophy •Frost’s strongest philosophical connection was with William James, the American Pragmatist • Philosophical considerations- ‘‘A Poem should not be, but is’’ • Frost is a deeply philosophical poet and finds deeper meaning in the world around him
- 5. Stopping by Woodson a snowy Evening • Man’s existential loneliness or other ultimate matters • Finding the meaning of life • two realities, the subjective and the objective, are merged over the course of the poem
- 6. Home Burial • Existential concern •Death reveals the truth about the living: we are really alone
- 7. Conclusion • Speaker isin dilemma • Questioning of the reason for our existence • Civilization v/s nature • Life v/s death • For example- Jayanta Mahapatra’s ‘‘Missing’’
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