Aesthetic oscillation around the subject/object problematic: To couple of decouple? That is Beckett’s question – Mgr. Matthew Somerville
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 …moreAbstract:
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
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/gp6f1/
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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SOMERVILLE, Matthew. \textit{Aesthetic oscillation around the subject/object problematic: To couple of decouple? That is Beckett’s question}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2022. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/ylczyc/.
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English Language and Literature / English Language and Literature