IRISH STUDIES CENTER FOR COMPARATIVE CULTURAL STUDIES

The Absurdity of Samuel Beckett
by Eva Navratilova

Samuel Beckett
(1906 - 1989)

...my way is in the sand flowing
between the shingle and the dune
the summer rain rains on my life
on me my life harrying fleeing
to its beginning to its end
my peace is there in the receding mist
when I may cease from treading these long shifting thresholds
and live the space of a door
that opens and shuts...
-- from Dieppe.


Ch. 1 - Introduction Ch. 3 - The Theory of Absurdity Ch. 5 - Beckett's Absurd Characters in Time Ch. 7 - Conclusion
Ch. 2 - A Brief Outline of the Life of Samuel Beckett Ch. 4 - Beckett's Absurd Characters Ch. 6 - The Theatre of the Absurd as the World of the Absurd Character Notes & Bibliography



From http://compare.upol.cz/irish/Swork/Beckett/BECKETT.HTM



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