Wednesday, February 16, 2011

11.399 SAMUEL BECKETT

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  1. IRISH AVANT-GARDE WRITER, DRAMATIST AND POET, OFFERS A BLEAK OUTLOOK ON HUMAN CULTURE. MINIMALIST. LAST MODERNISTS; CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FIRST POSTMODERNISTS. KEY WRITERS IN "THEATRE OF THE ABSURD, IN "DANTE... BRUNO. VICO.. JOYCE". DEFENDS JOYCE'S WORK AND METHOD, CARL JUNG'S LECTURE, THE "NEVER PROPERLY BORN," EVIDENT IN WAITING FOR GODOT. FROM FRENCH SIMBOLISTS TO IRISH POETIC MODERNIST CANON. HIS WORK WOULD FOCUS ON POVERTY, FAILURE, EXILE AND LOSS – AS HE PUT IT, ON MAN AS A 'NON-KNOWER' AND AS A 'NON-CAN-ER.'

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