Mgr. Matthew Somerville

Master's thesis

Aesthetic oscillation around the subject/object problematic: To couple of decouple? That is Beckett’s question

Aesthetic oscillation around the subject/object problematic: To couple of decouple? That is Beckett’s question
Abstract:
S vědomím Beckettových ontologických zájmů s ohledem na karteziánský dualismus mysli a těla vystopuji Beckettovu pseudopárovou strukturu k původu ve starověkém Řecku a homérské poezii, prostřednictvím diskuse Hannah Arendtové o vztahu mezi hercem a jeho zvěčněním prostřednictvím poetické kontemplace. Navrhuji pět klíčových charakteristik, které jednak odlišují pseudopár od konvenčních dvojic postav …more
Abstract:
Mindful of Beckett’s ontological concerns with respect to Cartesian mind/body dualism, I trace Beckett’s pseudocouple structure to origins in Ancient Greece and Homeric poetry, via Hannah Arendt’s discussion of the relationship between actor and the immortalization of such through poetic contemplation. I propose five key characteristics that both distinguish the pseudocouple from conventional character …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 20. 12. 2022

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 30. 1. 2023
  • Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
  • Reader: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
English Language and Literature / English Language and Literature

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