A Theatre of Affect: The Corporeal Turn in Samuel Beckett's Drama

by Charlotta Palmstierna Einarsson, Paul Stewart (Editor)

Overview

Combining phenomenological analysis and affect theory, this book takes stock of the various ways in which the body in Samuel Beckett’s drama participates in the affective ecology of performance. If the post-human innovation up until the present has worked to decentre the ‘human’, by rendering notions of thinking, experience, and affect impersonal and by developing new models of expression and communication, then this innovation seems to be already underway in Beckett’s theatre of affect where the assault against language is made possible through the thematising of the body as a mode of encountering presence. The corporeal turn in Beckett’s drama therefore has far-reaching implications for the production of meaning in his work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783838270685
Publisher:	ibidem
Publication date:	10/30/2017
Series:	Samuel Beckett in Company , #3
Sold by:	Libreka GmbH
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Charlotta P. Einarsson received her PhD from Stockholm University for the thesis Mis-Movements: The Aesthetics of Gesture in Samuel Beckett’s Drama. Although a literary scholar, her previous experience as a dancer has continued to guide her research into the significance of the body in literature and art. Charlotta’s forthcoming publications include a study on the reception of Samuel Beckett’s drama in Sweden.