u/Deep-Knowledge2905

Undergraduate Thesis Idea - just curious

Hi, I'm new here but currently I am an undergraduate lingusitcs student thinking about their thesis. Would a research study be possible for an undergraduate where I use stylistics to look for existentialist views and thoughts? Idk if there are any studies done before but my corpus would be something underground like the lyrics of each track from the cult classic "Deathconsciousness" by Have A Nice Life. I mean it's from 2008 but I think I want to conduct this study because it's underexplored and at the same time, I don't think there has been an intermarriage yet between stylistics and existential philosophy. Just asking because even though I'm not that deep yet onto philosophy, it's something I'm really interested in. If I would narrow down my research ovjectives, it would be probably looking at its syntax, use of modals, themes(?).

So far, the works I've only read with existentialist views are The Stranger, Myth of Sisyphus, (yesyes Albert Camus is an absurdist but you get my point), Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Brothers Karamazov, Notes from Underground, and currently I'm finishing Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols. (Philosophy is still hard for me to grasp but I really want to see if this study is feasible).

To anyone who can help me narrow down my thoughts, thank you. Even though I am in my 3rd year now, I still have a lot to discover.

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u/Deep-Knowledge2905 — 5 days ago