VOLATILE BODIES IN BECKETT AND DURRELL
VOLATILE BODIES IN BECKETT AND DURRELL
Author(s): Aba-Carina PârlogSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: body as inscriptive surface; body without organs (BwO); cevolatile body; death; identity
Summary/Abstract: The paper considers Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy and Lawrence Durrell’s The Alexandria Quartet from the perspective of volatile body representation. While in Beckett, we deal with a single volatile body, assuming distinct identities, in Durrell, we have a multiplicity of characters, each showing a series of facets brought to surface by different circumstances in their lives. The theories used in my analysis are Jacques Derrida, René Descartes, Alphonse Lingis, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 187-197
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
