A return to the body : the failure of language and the dissolution of the self in Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable.
The narrators in Samuel Beckett’s trilogy obliterate the idea that language is a stable tool for thought, reason and communication. They express this failure of language in a variety of ways, which result in grave implications for the prospects of understanding the world and everything therein. This...
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Main Author: | Tan, Benjamin Jonathan. |
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Other Authors: | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Format: | Final Year Project |
Language: | English |
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2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52231 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
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