Self-discovery
The term "journey of self-discovery" refers to a travel, pilgrimage,[1] or series of events whereby a person attempts to determine how they feel, personally, about spiritual issues [2] or priorities,[3][4] rather than following the opinions of family, friends, neighborhood[5] or peer pressure. The topic of self-discovery has been associated with Zen.[6] A related term is "finding oneself".
A journey of self-discovery is a popular theme in literature. It is sometimes used to drive the plot of a novel, play or film.[3][7]
Fiction
A journey of self-discovery is a popular theme in fiction.[3][7] Some films use similar phrases, such as in the 2008 film Petals: Journey Into Self Discovery.[8] The 2010 film Eat Pray Love is also associated with the idea of a journey of self-discovery.
Literature
- Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha (1922)[9][10][11][12][13][14]
- Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957)
- Cheryl Strayed's Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012)
- Cormac McCarthy's All The Pretty Horses (1992)[9]
- Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love (2006)
See also
- Coming of age – reaching maturity, from childhood to adulthood
- Maturation (disambiguation)
- Religious views on the self
- Psychology of self
- Identity (social science)
- Personal development
- Personal identity
- Identity formation
- Work–life balance § Identity through work
- Self-reflection
- Philosophy of life
- Cultural identity
- Introspection
- Self-realization
References
- ↑ "Pilgrimage takes anthropologist on journey of self-discovery", Princeton.edu, February 7, 2006
- ↑ "Yeshiva University News - A Journey of Self-Discovery", Yeshiva University, February 12, 2010
- 1 2 3 "Film-inspired holidays: The Journey of self-discovery", The Guardian, 9 October 2010
- ↑ "Journey of self-discovery", Times of India, 18 April 2011, webpage: TOI-18.
- ↑ "'Elegy' journey of self-discovery", Chicago Tribune, 5 February 2002
- ↑ "Surfer and Zen Master Discusses Journey of Self Discovery", KPBS.org, August 11, 2009
- 1 2 "The Pride" a 50-year journey of self-discovery" The Denver Post, May 12, 2011
- ↑ "Petals: Journey Into Self Discovery (2008) - IMDb", IMDb.com, 2008, webpage: IMDb-1850.
- 1 2 McNenny, Gerri; Fitzgerald, Sallyanne H. Mainstreaming Basic Writers: Politics and Pedagogies of Access. Routledge. ISBN 9781135658656. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ Lamb, James M. BLACK. Author House. ISBN 9781491823774. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ Learning, Gale, Cengage. A Study Guide for Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha". Gale Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781410357915. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ "Billy Corgan is going to perform an eight-hour concert about Siddhartha". 18 February 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ Hughes, Jon. "Hermann Hesse was one of the most iconoclastic of European authors". The Conversation. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ "Lessons from Literature: Siddhartha". The Georgetown Voice. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.