{"product_id":"the-question-of-multiple-identities-in-samuel-becketts-works-von-kevin-oheix","title":"The question of multiple identities in Samuel Beckett's works","description":"\u003cp\u003eThesis (M.A.) from the year 2014 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 16 \/ 20, University of Rennes 2, language: English, abstract: Ce mémoire traite des identités plurielles et de l'entre-deux culturel dans les oeuvres de Samuel Beckett. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe void has been a great source of inspiration for Samuel Barclay Beckett and his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecritics who tend to take into account the characteristics of his mind rather than his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewritings. Such a deconstructionist discourse on negative identity is redundant but also\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtradictory. This study aims at exploring the fundamental question of multiple\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eidentities in Samuel Beckett's fictions and dramas, particularly The Unnamable from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe trilogy, Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Krapp's Last Tape and other relevant works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a novelist, playwright and translator, Beckett can be said to be part of a revolutionary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eliterature. His rejection and exploitation of the literary tradition make him an ambivalent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewriter. The problem of singularity regarding his works is crucial in the stabilization of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eidentity. Moreover, the lack of a major theme becomes an obstacle to the definition of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuch works. The representation of these multiple identities will be analyzed in order to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eelucidate the following inquiry: To what extent does Beckett's texts shed light on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseminal notions of rootlessness and cultural in-betweenness as well as on the rejection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof identification through self-exploration and radical experimentation? A certain number\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof critical readings will be used to discuss Beckett's place in literature through his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echaracters' apparent lack of attachment to any tradition. Does literature have a function\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the formation of identity? What sort of renovation does the Beckettian texts offer? It\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewill be first noted that his borrowings from the French and Irish traditions coupled with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis aloofness to them are indicators of the complexity of his mode of communication\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich is itself predicated on individual and conventional systems of discourse. By\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emeans of exploring the essential antagonisms that departure and return represent, this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estudy will attempt to identify the literary forms of identity and apprehend the constant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eredefinition of the self whose ambiguous nature have to be examined in the light of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparadox between multiplicity and reduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow are marginalization and alterity experienced in the author's post-colonial writings?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeckett's bilingual experience via the relationship between the man and his work will\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecomplement this research.  [...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783656667773\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783656667773","offer_id":39438420377693,"sku":"9783656667773","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/b7bd7471-4427-4be9-98d6-be5bdc7672a6.jpg?v=1778134932","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-question-of-multiple-identities-in-samuel-becketts-works-von-kevin-oheix","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}