Date of Award
8-1-1976
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Thomas P. Walsh
Abstract
At first glance, Ken Kesey appears to be a contemporary prophet of doom. His characters find little meaning in life, as each day brings only hopelessness and despair. For each of these characters, there are many causes of and responses to the problem of meaninglessness. The common denominator which links all of Kesey’s characters, and perhaps all men, is that they cannot progress towards any kind of satisfactory existence until some meaning for life is found.
Recommended Citation
Beckmann, Dennis L., "Alternatives to meaninglessness in Ken Kesey's "Sometimes A Great Notion"" (1976). Student Work. 3287.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/3287
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Comments
A Thesis Presented to the Department of English and the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts University of Nebraska at Omaha. Copyright 1975 Dennis L. Beckmann.