L’u-topie dans « En attendant Godot » de S. Beckett
The Utopia in Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot”

Summary/Abstract: In this work, utopia is constructed through a series of transgressions and paradoxes. For the characters, the only place of existence is a "no man's land", where they are constantly and unwittingly drawn to. The other dramatic elements are often defined in relation to this place and can be connected to both a positive as well as a negative utopia. This universe is governed by its own laws: everything is in a state of suspense and confusion, everything seems to repeat itself. This is how utopia becomes both a space of presence and absence; the space of a play. The interactions between the different dramatic elements eventually create more tensions by causing a break in time and action. Utopia is filled with Godot's expectations, while questioning what gives meaning to time, space, action and play. She hosts what is said and shown and maintains her own existence. She embodies absence (Godot) and (unfulfilled) expectations. Beckett’s questioning is the most perfect form of modern, unfulfilled utopia.

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