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Theatre of the Skull. Rough for Radio II by Samuel Beckett
This B.A. thesis examines Samuel Beckett’s portrayal of the artistic mind and the process of creativity in his radio play “Rough for Radio II”. The play as a piece of performance for radio will be briefly discussed. Then how Beckett highlights four different parts of the artist’s mind, turning each …
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The reflection of the wastelands of Waiting for Godot and Endgame in electronic media
<p><em>The Reflection of the Wastelands of </em><em>Waiting for Godot</em><em> and </em><em>Endgame </em><em>in Electronic Media</em> is a study of the wasteland settings of <em>Waiting for Godot</em>, <em>Endgame</em>, and the Internet according to the method of play analysis established by Bruce …
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Godot in Earnest: Beckettian Readings of Wilde
Critics and audiences alike have neglected the idea of Wilde as a precursor to Beckett. But I contend that a closer look at each writer's aesthetic and philosophic tendencies-for instance, their interest in the fluid nature of self, their understanding of identity as a performance, and their belief …
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Pendulum V: DM "Vitality, Exhaustion and Fleeting Equilibrium"
This dissertation is in two parts: Part A is the score for the original composition, PendulumV: DM. Part B is a companion essay to the musical composition. Pendulum V: DM is a 17-minute work for large ensemble and live electronics. It was commissioned jointly by the Wet Ink Ensemble and AMP, with …
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Reading <i>Waiting for Godot</i> through the lens of Christian existentialism
<p>Samuel Beckett’s play <em>Waiting for Godot</em> is commonly interpreted within the context of the Theater of the Absurd, existentialist literature, or Christian allegory. This thesis recognizes the validity of all such readings while attempting to merge these seemingly contradictory …
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The Literature of Verbal Nonsense in Lewis Carroll, Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco
<p>Nonsense literature and nonsense poetry have provided release from the shackles of logic for centuries. But the greatest masters of English nonsense are Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. Carroll gives, in <em>Alice in Wonderland</em> and <em>Through the Looking-glass,</em> the principles underlying …