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    Viktor Shklovsky: “Art as Technique” or “Art as Device” Viktor Borisovich Shklovsky (1893-1984) was one of the founders of the intellectual movement OPOJAZ (Obščestvo izučenija Poètičeskogo Jazyka), translated as “Society for the Study of Poetic Language”. Furthermore, Shklovsky was a formalist and closely tied to Russian Formalism; “Shklovsky, Boris Eichenbaum, [Vladimir Propp], Yary Tynyanov, and other Formalists sought to put literary theory on a par with the natural sciences” (Davis 51). For

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    A survivor and a psychiatrist by the name of Victor Frankl wrote the essay of “ Tragic Optimism” explaining that they're are components of human existence that are unavoidable. Every human no matter their gender, race nor age will be faced with an obstacle in their own way during the duration of their lifetime. These components construct what is otherwise known as the tragic triad - pain, guilt and death- which all coexist to create a blockage that one must learn to overcome. By adapting, we learn

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    The most important aspect of finding meaning in an individual’s life is that the motivation to do so comes intrinsically, not extrinsically. In Man’s Search for Meaning, author Viktor Frankl asserts the idea of “will to meaning,” which is essentially the desire to find meaning and purpose in an individual’s life (Frankl 99). Frankl explains that this intrinsic desire to find meaning acts the “primary motivational force” in man, and it is essential for survival (Frankl 99). He supports this idea by

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    is an unavoidable part of every human being’s existence. Undoubtedly, there are circumstances in one’s life that are beyond his or her control. Circumstances that will cause one to question his or her very existence and pose the question “Why me?” Viktor Frankl experienced such an event when he was imprisoned in several Jewish concentration camps during the Holocaust. Frankl’s novel, Man’s Search for Meaning (2006), gives an account of Frankl’s time spent in Jewish concentration camps. During this

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    experiences we undergo in our lifetime are destined, nearly inevitable. Mans search for meaning urges us to acknowledge that “we cannot avoid suffering, but we can chose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose”. Viktor Frankl was faced with an experience of inevitable suffering during his time spent at various concentration camps during the second World War. It is these experiences and sufferings that set the narrative in his novel “Mans Search for Meaning”, where

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    in Vienna, Austria, Viktor Frankl started showing interest in psychology at a young age. He studied medicine at the University of Vienna, specializing in neurology and psychiatry, with a deep focus on suicide and depression. When he first started to study these areas, Frankl’s influences came from two of the most well known psychologist’s Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler. Later, however, Frankl diverged from their teachings to study his own theories. When World War II began, Viktor Frankl was the director

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    almost any "how".” ― Viktor E. Frankl Introduction The term logotherapy is derived from a Greek word that translates as ”meaning” and therapy, which is defined as treatment of a condition, illness, or maladjustment (GoodTherapy, 2015). Logotherapy is sometimes referred to at the “Third Vienessen School of Psychotherapy”, with Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis being the first, and Alfred Adler’s individual psychology being the second. In contrast to Freud and Aldler thought, Viktor Frankl, with the emergence

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    In Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl recounts the exceptionally individual story of his experience as a detainee in an inhumane imprisonment amid the Holocaust. He displays this story as a paper in which he shares his contentions and examination as a specialist and therapist and also a previous detainee. This paper will audit Frankl's story and additionally his principle contentions, and will assess the nature of Frankl's written work and spotlight on any regions of shortcoming inside of

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    Alfred Adler was born in Vienna, Austria on February 7, 1870. From his birth he had rickets, a disease that weakens the growth plates in children, and couldn’t walk until he was four years of age because of this. When he was just five, he was taken sick with pneumonia and reportedly almost died, some believe these early diseases in his life are the inspiration in Adler’s path to becoming a physician. In 1888, Alfred began attending the University of Vienna Medical School and later graduated

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    In his book “Man’s Search for Meaning”, Viktor E. Frankl presents the total reconstruction of his own mind due to the catastrophic experiences in a concentration camp. Through the time of reading this story a person would expect it would be an average novel about how someone survived, but Viktor presented what it really takes to survive and the phases of how it completely changes a person. This book made me really wonder what ‘switches’ turn on and off in each person’s head; whether it is the SS

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