Following the publication of James Knowlson's
biography and the release of invaluable notebooks and diaries for scholarly
scrutiny, Beckett Studies is undergoing a revolution. Beckett's major period of
intellectual formation was in the 1920s and 30s, long before he became known as
a French Existentialist after Waiting for
Godot, and even longer before he was discovered by post-structuralist
critics. This seminar will attempt to reassess Beckett's cultural position in
two directions: by examining some of the recently uncovered influences that
shaped his unique writing, and by refracting his image and his work through
some of the authors, thinkers, composers and visual artists he influenced in
turn.
28 April Dr
Geert Lernout (University of Antwerp)
“The Erudition of James Joyce and Samuel
Beckett”
“Solitude(s) and Creative Fidgets:
Beckett reading Rainer Maria Rilke”
12 May Dr
Shane Weller (University of Kent)
“Seeing Oneself in Another: Beckett,
Maurice Blanchot, and the problem of literary affinity”
“Beckett’s Musics”
“Backroads:
Beckett, John Banville and Ireland”
9
June Dr
Chris Ackerley (University of Otago)
“Samuel Beckett and Anthropomorphic Insolence”
16
June Dr Daniela Caselli
(University of Manchester)
“‘And if it happens that I speak of the
stars it is by mistake’: Beckett, Dante, and Intertextuality”
After
this paper, Dr Rosemary Pountney will read from Beckett’s work
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