Beckett and Derrida

This Element explores the connection between Beckett and Derrida's oeuvres, focusing on their shared historical and personal contexts. It explores their engagement with beginnings, origins, genetic grounds, and critiques of sovereignty, revealing why Derridean deconstruction mirrors Beckett's literary achievements.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. General writing; 2. Khôra; 3. Hauntologies; 4. Living on; 5. Deconstructing the sovereign subject; Conclusion; Bibliographies.

Summary

This Element explores the connection between Beckett and Derrida's oeuvres, focusing on their shared historical and personal contexts. It explores their engagement with beginnings, origins, genetic grounds, and critiques of sovereignty, revealing why Derridean deconstruction mirrors Beckett's literary achievements.

Foreword

This Element systematically compares the main shared traits of Beckett and Derrida, especially their critique of sovereign subjects.

Product details

• Authors: James Martell, James (Lyon College) Martell, Martell James
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781009494366
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0949436-6
• No. of pages: 74
• Series: Elements in Beckett Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History of Ideas, Philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary reference works, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights