The dehumanized human being in a nonsense world: Samuel Beckett and the absurd hero - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v33i1.6485
This essay discusses the construction of the characters in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, based on Martin Esslin’s studies on the Theatre of the Absurd, a form of drama that emphasizes the absurdity of human existence by employing split subjects, repetitions and meaninglessness as artistic rea...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) |
| Repositorio: | Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/6485 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/6485 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Theatre of the Absurd Samuel Beckett characters teatro do absurdo personagens |
| Sumario: | This essay discusses the construction of the characters in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, based on Martin Esslin’s studies on the Theatre of the Absurd, a form of drama that emphasizes the absurdity of human existence by employing split subjects, repetitions and meaninglessness as artistic reactions to World War II. |
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