The Expression of the Absurd in Attack on Titan

Yixu Liang

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/9/20230014

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Liang,Y. (2023). The Expression of the Absurd in Attack on Titan. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,9,7-11.

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The Expression of the Absurd in Attack on Titan

Yixu Liang *^,1,

¹ Zhengzhou No.47 High School

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https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/9/20230014

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze Eren Yeager in Japan manga Attack on Titan from the aspect of the absurdism of Camus. In their work, Eren Yeager demonstrates a series of actions and thoughts while he realizes his objective. When he does this, his actions share a significant content of similarity that is also mirrored in Sisyphus in the Greek myth, the same evidence of the absurd. In this article, I argue that Eren Yeager can also be considered an example of the wild.

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anime, absurd, Attack on Titan

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Liang,Y. (2023). The Expression of the Absurd in Attack on Titan. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,9,7-11.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Psychology and Humanity Studies

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