A angústia como drama existencial em Jean-Paul Sartre

Abstract

This study aims to understand the theme of anguish from the perspective of Jean-Paul Sartre. Anguish is a feeling that affects man as he realizes the lack of meaning in life, a destiny, or reason that justifies his existence beforehand. To comprehend this theme, we use the work Nausea, in which the character, historian Antoine Roquentin, discovers himself as an anguished subject in the face of the dramatic situations of his existence. The feeling will be presented as a sensation of nausea; this expression is merely an approach to relate to the issues involving anguish. Furthermore, the author uses the literary work to show how the reality experienced by the character can be common in society. Additionally, with a clear intention to discuss anguish as a way to affirm human freedom, we can observe a distinct perspective on the feeling, which will be developed in this study through the understanding of existence, which will transform the being as he experiences anguish.