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The Imperative of Narration: Beckett, Bernhard, Schopenhauer, Lacan
Catharina Wulf
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Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
This is the first book to deal with the self-reflexive nature of narration of Beckett and Bernhard. Samuel Beckett's and Thomas Bernhard's works are representative of a persisting perplexity with regard to language. The texts of both authors are marked by their narrator's obsessive need to write, which is inextricably intertwined with their profound suspicion of language. The perpetuation of the narration is explained as an imperative, a simultaneously conscious and unconscious command which forces the artist to submit to the creative process. The author places this inexplicable force of the imperative within the context of Arthur Schopenhauer's aesthetic theory ... Read more
This is the first book to deal with the self-reflexive nature of narration of Beckett and Bernhard. Samuel Beckett's and Thomas Bernhard's works are representative of a persisting perplexity with regard to language. The texts of both authors are marked by their narrator's obsessive need to write, which is inextricably intertwined with their profound suspicion of language. The perpetuation of the narration is explained as an imperative, a simultaneously conscious and unconscious command which forces the artist to submit to the creative process. The author places this inexplicable force of the imperative within the context of Arthur Schopenhauer's aesthetic theory ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845196738
SKU
V9781845196738
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Reviews for The Imperative of Narration: Beckett, Bernhard, Schopenhauer, Lacan
The notion of an imperative is clearly and boldly put forward in this wonderful essay. Jean-Michel Rabate, Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania