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  THE QUEST FOR SELF-IDENTITY: TIME, NARRATIVE, AND THE LATE PROSE OF SAMUEL BECKETT
 
 
Titel: THE QUEST FOR SELF-IDENTITY: TIME, NARRATIVE, AND THE LATE PROSE OF SAMUEL BECKETT
Auteur: Kose, Gary
Verschenen in: Journal of constructivist psychology
Paginering: Jaargang 15 (2002) nr. 3 pagina's 171-183
Jaar: 2002-07
Inhoud: The long-standing problem of understanding self-identity has been most recently addressed as a matter of narrative form. Paul Ricoeur (1985a), as well as others, has examined how the discordant experience of time is structured by narrative form and can constitute an identity. This article attempts to extend his analysis to a reading of the late prose work of Samuel Beckett. While Beckett's approach to narrative identity shares similarity with Ricoeur's analysis, there are important distinctions. In contrast to Ricoeur's emphasis on the way narrative can order temporal experience, an examination of the works Stories and Texts for Nothing (1967) and How It Is (1964) serve to illustrate Beckett's experimentation with the generative power of the narrative voice. For Beckett, it seems that the very act of narration through time can give rise to problematic ambiguity and semantic multiplicity. It is argued that the literary works of Beckett complement that of Ricoeur's by attacking order and meaning; his texts show how narrating in time can distend, pull, and fragment in unexpected and generative ways. It is suggested that an appreciation of both the affirmative and negative aspects of narration are necessary for a complete understanding of self-identity.
Uitgever: Routledge
Bronbestand: Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
 
 

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