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T1 The Impossible Nihilist Enterprise in Samuel Beckett’s Last Short Prose and what is the word
A1 González Barman, Jorge
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Samuel Beckett
K1 Nothing
K1 Void
K1 Unword
K1 Nada
K1 Vacío
K1 Despalabra
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB Samuel Beckett’s last works have been noted as a movement towards linguistic minimalism. An interesting, yet often overlooked reasoning behind this progression is the attempt to reach an idealized, as well as impossible, expression of nihilism. Moreover, previous analyses surrounding Beckettian nihilism have failed to provide a defined account to the strategies Beckett employs towards this goal, and have mostly focused on earlier works by the author. In this BA thesis I will attempt to explain how Beckett seeks to reach this impossible form of nihilism through the organic construction of a literary work that mimics a living being and its progressive degradation down to its last atom —i.e. the word— followed by its annihilation in the Beckettian unword, the hypothesized nihilistic element that is to simultaneously recreate Beckettian nothing. I will also attempt to interpret the strategies Beckett employs to this effect, and the obstacles that render it impossible. This thesis mainly focuses on Beckett’s last works of short prose, but will conclude with his last work, the poem what is the word?
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/58479
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/58479
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 27-nov-2024