Beckett and Derrida / James Martell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martell, James, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in Beckett studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--History and criticism.

Beckett, Samuel.

Derrida, Jacques--History and criticism.

Derrida, Jacques.

Physical Description:

65 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press US, 2024.

Summary:

Uncanny similar projects, Beckett's and Derrida's oeuvres have been linked by literary and philosophy scholars since the 1990s. Taking into consideration their shared historical and personal contexts as writers whose main language of expression was 'adopted' or 'imposed', this Element proposes a systematic reading of their main points of connection. Focusing on their engagement with the intricacies of beginnings and origins, on genetic grounds or surfaces analogous to the Platonic khôra, and on their similar critiques of the aporias of sovereignty, it exposes the reasons why multiple readers, like Coetzee, consider Derridean deconstruction a philosophical mirror of Beckett's literary achievements--back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: 'I only have one language; it is not mine' or khôra & the sovereign

General writing

Khôra: the space of Genesis

Hauntologies

Living on

Deconstructing the sovereign subject

Conclusion: apostrophes and addresses

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-65).

ISBN:

1009494368

9781009494366

1009414399

9781009414395

OCLC:

1461831992