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Title: | Samuel Beckett and the theatrical expression of the human psyche : five major post-war plays : from Waiting for Godot to Not I (1953-73) |
Authors: | Grogan, Joshua |
Keywords: | Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation Fear of death in literature Anxiety in literature Theater of the absurd |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Abstract: | This Dissertation will discuss how the author and playwright Samuel Beckett (1906- 89), sought to make the audience reflect on the human psyche within the post World War II context. This will be done through an analysis of five major post-war plays namely: Waiting For Godot (1953), Endgame (1957), Krapp’s Last Tape (1958), Happy Days (1961) and Not I (1973). These five plays have been chosen mainly because they provide a concrete example of how theatre may serve to reflect the contradictory nature of the human being in a meaningless world and his anxiety in the face of death. This dissertation analyses such issues by discussing how Beckett works with the actors’ body on stage, using a language which has become artificial as a means for communication. It also shows how in his plays, time and space no longer provide the characters with secure co-ordinates of the world around them |
Description: | B.A.(HONS)THEATRE STUD. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/12730 |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - SchPA - 2016 |
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