Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of York
Course Title:
Beckett's World
Course Number:
ENG00084H
Course Description:
This module provides an exciting opportunity to study the work of Samuel Beckett – one of the most influential and celebrated writers of the twentieth century – as well as the literary, historical and political contexts that shaped its making and reception. Beckett’s texts remain fascinating and challenging: the situations they represent can appear far removed from the world we know, yet can also seem disquietingly recognisable. His work invokes not simply the spectres of world wars, but more diffuse recollections of torture, dispossession, internment and subjugation. Today, many of his texts – his early plays Waiting for Godot and Endgame in particular – retain a striking capacity to speak to circumstances marked by conflict and suffering. They also remain extremely funny, and they continue to offer wonderful insights into the workings of knowledge, memory, courage and solidarity. What is the relation between the worlds that Beckett imagined in his
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
Pending For Approval
Course URL:
https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/ENG00084H/latest
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