Title: The counterpoint of hope, obsession, and desire for death in five plays by Samuel Beckett
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.
Subjects: Death instinct in literature, Drama, Dramatic works, Hope in literature, Knowledge, Obsessive-compulsive disorder in literature, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Drama, Psychology, Beckett, samuel, 1906-1989, Death in literature
People: Samuel Beckett (1906-)