A Survey of Man's Alienation in Modern World: Existential Reading of Sam Shepard's Buried Child and True West
Esmaeel Najar Daronkolaee, Mehdi Bakhtiari Hojjat

Abstract
This paper aims at recalling different modes of alienation in modern world and looks closely at modern alienations of characters in Sam Shepard’s buried child and true west. The researchers try to analyze the mentioned works by applying Sartre's ethical alienation and Heidegger's ontological alienation on these works. It is tried to make it precise that in Sartre's philosophy alienation occurs when human beings refuse to accept 'responsibility' for their own freedom. In addition, Heidegger's notion of 'authenticity' is discussed as contradiction to this Sartrean alienation and fallen understanding.

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