Existentialist traits in works of Henrik Ibsen

Existentialism is a major twentieth century continental European philosophical movement. The label was inspired by the tendency of some of the writers like Kierkegaard, Heidegger , Sartre and Nietzsche to use the term "existence" for a kind of being or life unique, in their view, to human beings. Only in the case of human beings is the conduct of their life an "issue" for them; only they can "stand out" - exstare, the Latin word from …

…and Brand show the problems of human beings who do not want to be defined and want to "stand out". Citations: 1. Lukács, Georg; translated from the German by Henry F. Mins. "Existentialism", in: Philosophy for the Future: The Quest of Modern Materialism, edited by Roy Wood Sellars, V.J. McGill, Marvin Farber (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949) 2. Brain Johnston , "Love's Comedy and Peer Gynt" Retrieved : 23th Feburaruy 2004 http://www.ibsenvoyages.com