Beckett S Catastrophe A Play About Power And Impotency

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Beckett S Catastrophe A Play About Power And Impotency

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Author : Daniela Esser
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2002-09-05

Beckett S Catastrophe A Play About Power And Impotency written by Daniela Esser and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-05 with Literary Criticism categories.

Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: very good, University of Paderborn (Anglistics), course: Proseminar: Post-1970 Beckett, language: English, abstract: Early in 1982, Samuel Beckett was one of the first writers to respond to an invitation from the Association Internationale de Défense des Artistes (AIDA) for contributions of works to show support for Václav Havel, the Czech playwright who was serving a prison sentence for his dissident activities. In 1979 Havel had been sentenced by the Czechoslovak communist regime to four and a half years imprisonment for subversion. He was co-founder and spokesman of the Charter 77 initiative as well as a member of the Czech Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Persecuted (VONS). Shocked to hear that Havel had been forbidden to write, which must have "seemed the ultimate oppression"2, Beckett wrote Catastrophe3 and dedicated the play to Havel. It was first performed as part of `Une nuit pour Václav Havel′ at the Avignon Theatre Festival in July 1982.4 Knowlson, referring to Beckett′s refusal to employ didactic impulses in his writing, mentions that Beckett sometimes regretted his incapability "to write anything that dealt overtly with politics"5, but the biographer also asserts that Beckett utterly rejected political implications in his writing.6 However, with the invitation of AIDA, he could show his solidarity with a "victimized, imprisoned fellow writer"7 who took a courageous stand against abuses of human rights. Nonetheless, a political reading of Catastrophe is grounded on the victimization of the Protagonist by the dictatorial Director. The play has also been identified as a "parable of Man and Satan" (see 2.2). In his biography Damned to Fame. The Life of Samuel Beckett, Knowlson argues that the play has also been related to Beckett′s "own horror of self-exposure, and linked to the essentially exhibitionistic nature of theatre."8 [...] _______ 1 Sartre, Jean-Paul: Geschlossene Gesellschaft. (Orig. Huis clos). Trans. Traugott König. Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1991, p. 59. 2 Knowlson, James: Damned to Fame. The Life of Samuel Beckett. London: Bloomsbury, 1996, p. 678. 3 Beckett, Samuel: Catastrophe. In: Collected shorter plays, London: Faber and Faber, 1984, pp. . 295-301. Hereafter cited as Catastrophe. 4 See Knowlson, James: Damned to Fame. The Life of Samuel Beckett. London: Bloomsbury, 1996, p. 677. 5 Ibid., p. 678. 6 Cf. ibid., p. 678. 7 Ibid., p. 678. 8 Ibid., p. 679.

Theatre On Trial

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Author : Anna McMullan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02

Theatre On Trial written by Anna McMullan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with Art categories.

Theatre on Trial is the first full-length analysis of Samuel Beckett's later drama in the context of contemporary theatre. Audrey McMullan employs a close, textual examination of the later plays as a springboard for exploring ideas around authority, voyeurism, gender and the ideology of stage and TV space. Her application of deconstruction and psychoanalytic feminism to Beckett's work will break new and exciting ground.

Three Plays

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Author : Samuel Beckett
language : en
Publisher: New York : Grove Press
Release Date : 1984

Three Plays written by Samuel Beckett and has been published by New York : Grove Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Drama categories.

Beckett S Later Fiction And Drama

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Author : James Acheson
language : en
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Release Date : 1987

Beckett S Later Fiction And Drama written by James Acheson and has been published by MacMillan Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Literary Collections categories.

In honour of Samuel Beckett's eightieth birthday.

The Collected Shorter Plays Of Samuel Beckett

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Author : Samuel Beckett
language : en
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Release Date : 2010-08-24

The Collected Shorter Plays Of Samuel Beckett written by Samuel Beckett and has been published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-24 with Drama categories.

Samuel Beckett, the great minimalist master and winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature, has produced some of his most widely praised work for the stage in the form of the shorter play. This complete and definitive collection of twenty-five plays and "playlets" includes Beckett's celebrated Krapp's Last Tape, Embers, Cascando, Play, Eh Joe, Not I, and Footfalls, as well as his mimes, all his radio and television plays, his screenplay for Film, his adaptation of Robert Pignet's The Old Tune, and more recent Catastrophe, What Where, Quad, and Night and Dreams. Includes: All That Fall Act Without Words I Act Without Words II Krapp's Last Tape Rough for Theatre I Rough for Theatre II Embers Rough for Radio I Rough for Radio II Words and Music Cascando Play Film The Old Tune Come and Go Eh Joe Breath Not I That Time Footfalls Ghost Trio …but the clouds… A Piece of Monologue Rockaby Ohio Impromptu Quad Catastrophe Nacht und Träume What Where

Samuel Beckett S Self Referential Drama

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Author : Shimon Levy
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2002-01-01

Samuel Beckett S Self Referential Drama written by Shimon Levy and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Drama categories.

An exploration of Samuel Beckett's drama, using the criteria that ensue from the works themselves, with particular attention given to the relationship between the medium and the message. This fully revised second edition includes chapters on the radioplays and film and television scripts.

The Plays Of Samuel Beckett

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Author : Katherine Weiss
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-01-31

The Plays Of Samuel Beckett written by Katherine Weiss and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-31 with Literary Criticism categories.

The Plays of Samuel Beckett provides a stimulating analysis of Beckett's entire dramatic oeuvre, encompassing his stage, radio and television plays. Ideal for students, this major study combines analysis of each play by Katherine Weiss with interveiws and essays from practitioners and scholars.

Samuel Beckett In Confinement

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Author : James Little
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-05-14

Samuel Beckett In Confinement written by James Little and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-14 with Literary Criticism categories.

Confinement appears repeatedly in Samuel Beckett's oeuvre – from the asylums central to Murphy and Watt to the images of confinement that shape plays such as Waiting for Godot and Endgame. Drawing on spatial theory and new archival research, Beckett in Confinement explores these recurring concepts of closed space to cast new light on the ethical and political dimensions of Beckett's work. Covering the full range of Beckett's writing career, including two plays he completed for prisoners, Catastrophe and the unpublished 'Mongrel Mime', the book shows how this engagement with the ethics of representing prisons and asylums stands at the heart of Beckett's poetics. "James Little's Beckett in Confinement offers a brilliant analysis of the politics behind Beckett's production of closed space, both as a writer and as a director. It carefully examines the move from writing about closed space to creating an art of confinement. To argue that Beckett's use of confined space is central to the political dynamics of his works, James Little also superbly employs genetic criticism to open up the confined space of the published text and bring highly relevant draft materials back into the critical conversation." Dirk Van Hulle, Professor of Bibliography and Modern Book History, University of Oxford, UK "The many characters Beckett invented share one characteristic: they are all imprisoned or trapped in some way, no matter where they are. Samuel Beckett in Confinement: The Politics of Closed Space draws on untapped riches from Beckett's correspondence and the archives to reconsider the obsession with entrapment, coercion and detention central to Beckett's varied oeuvre. In this exciting and illuminating analysis, James Little offers a fresh and original reading of the work's ethical and political dimensions, and shows us why we need to stop thinking about confinement as a metaphysical metaphor." Emilie Morin, Professor of Modern Literature, University of York, UK "Little breaks new ground in this expansive investigation to explore how confinement is a central component of Beckett's political aesthetics ... The reader is guided by a crisp and easy style of writing as Little demonstrates a command of sources which are broad in scope, but negotiated to form a compelling and impactful study." Journal of Beckett Studies

Moments For Nothing

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Author : Gabriele Schwab
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2023-10-24

Moments For Nothing written by Gabriele Schwab and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-24 with Literary Criticism categories.

Samuel Beckett’s work has entranced generations of readers with its portrayal of the end times. Beckett’s characters are preoccupied with death, and the specters of cataclysm and extinction overshadow their barren, bleak worlds. Yet somehow, they endure, experiencing surreal and often comic repetitions that seem at once to confront finitude and the infinite, up to the limits of existence. Gabriele Schwab draws on decades of close engagement with Beckett to explore how his work speaks to our current existential anxieties and fears. Interweaving critical analysis with personal reflections, she shows how Beckett’s writing provides unexpected resources for making sense of personal and planetary catastrophes. Moments for Nothing examines the ways Beckett’s works have taken on new meaning in an era of crises—climate change, environmental devastation, and the COVID-19 pandemic—that are defined by both paralyzing stasis and pervasive uncertainty. They also offer a bracing depiction of aging and the end of life, exploring loneliness, vulnerability, and decay. Beckett’s particular vision of the apocalypse and his sense of persistence, Schwab argues, help us understand our times and even, perhaps, provide sanctuary and solace. Moments for Nothing features insightful close readings of iconic works such as Endgame, Happy Days, and the trilogy, as well as lesser-known writings including the thirty-five-second play Breath, which Schwab reconsiders in light of the pandemic.

Samuel Beckett S Dramatic Language

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Author : James Eliopulos
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-01-14

Samuel Beckett S Dramatic Language written by James Eliopulos and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-14 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

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