Kierkegaard and ironic liberation in “Endgame”

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  • Paul Popovic Instituto Tecnólogico de Monterrey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.200312-145814

Keywords:

Soren Kierkegaard, Samuel Beckett

Abstract

Clove's evasion in Samuel Beckett's Endgame is presented with a number of strategies that reflect the structure of “ironic liberation” that Kierkegaard puts forward in The concept of irony, with constant reference to Socrates. A variety of objects and ruses guide Clove's efforts and at the same time divide them into two stages: the cancellation of the dramatic reality and the entrance into the euphoric state. Both stages are marked with changes in protagonist's behavior and the use of stage elements; and thus, they separate into and interrelate the concrete and abstract components of Endgame's representation.

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Published

2003-12-01

How to Cite

Popovic, P. (2003). Kierkegaard and ironic liberation in “Endgame”. Tropelías: Review of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, (12-14), 431–436. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.200312-145814

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