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Samuel Beckett et la violence Un parcours de l'œuvre

  • Publication type: Article from a collective work
  • Collective work: La Revue des lettres modernes. La Violence dans l’œuvre de Samuel Beckett. Entre langage et corps
  • Author: Brown (Llewellyn)
  • Abstract: The disharmony produced by language is often manifested by the violence of the superego. The fury of blows reveals the insistence of this tormenting voice, which arouses a revolt in order to silence it. However, the superego is also a goad pushing the character to action. Finally, the ­work’s evolution leads from the ­confrontation with imaginary doubles, through ceaseless metonymy, toward a halt which reveals a resistance regarding the imperative to say.


  • Pages: 21 to 45
  • Journal: Journal of Modern Literature
  • Series: Samuel Beckett, n° 4
  • CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
  • EAN: 9782812450235
  • ISBN: 978-2-8124-5023-5
  • ISSN: 0035-2136
  • DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-5023-5.p.0021
  • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
  • Online publication: 01-20-2017
  • Periodicity: Monthly
  • Language: French