The counterpoint of hope, obsession, and desire for death in five plays by Samuel Beckett
By: Hwa Soon Kim.
Series: Currents in comparative Romance languages and literatures,; vol. 25
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Beckett, Samuel, 1906- -- Knowledge -- Psychology.; Beckett, Samuel, 1906- -- Dramatic works.; Obsessive-compulsive disorder in literature.; Drama -- Psychological aspects.; Death instinct in literature.; Hope in literature.
Description: This study focuses on the deceptive roles of three motifs in Beckett's plays. It discusses the contradictory doubleness of the Beckettian life and the dynamic interactions of its polarities. For an appreciation of the dialogic nature of the Beckettian world, the study applies Derrida's idea of differance, Lacan's psychoanalysis, and Bakhtin's idea of dialogism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-132) and index.