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The Affects, Cognition, and Politics of Samuel Beckett's Postwar Drama and Fiction

Author : Cristina Ionica
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030349020
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The Affects, Cognition, and Politics of Samuel Beckett's Postwar Drama and Fiction written by Cristina Ionica and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Affects, Cognition, and Politics of Samuel Beckett’s Postwar Drama and Fiction: Revolutionary and Evolutionary Paradoxes theorizes the revolutionary and evolutionary import of Beckett’s works in a global context defined by increasingly ubiquitous and insidious mechanisms of capture, exploitation, and repression, alongside unprecedented demands for high-volume information-processing and connectivity. Part I shows that, in generating consistent flows of solidarity-based angry laughter, Beckett’s works sabotage coercive couplings of the subject to social machines by translating subordination and repression into processes rather than data of experience. Through an examination of Beckett’s attack on gender/ class-related normative injunctions, the book shows that Beckett’s works can generate solidarity and action-oriented affects in readers/ spectators regardless of their training in textual analysis. Part II proposes that Beckett’s works can weaken the cognitive dominance of constrictive “frames” in readers/ audiences, so that toxic ideological formations such as the association of safety and comfort with simplicity and “sameness” are rejected and more complex cognitive operations are welcomed instead—a process that bolsters the mind’s ability to operate at ease with increasingly complex, malleable, extensible, and inclusive frames, as well as with increasing volumes of information.

Beckett and the Cognitive Method

Author : Marco Bernini
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190664355
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Beckett and the Cognitive Method written by Marco Bernini and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How can literature enhance, parallel or reassess the scientific study of the mind? Or is literature instead limited to the ancillary role of representing cognitive processes? Beckett and the Cognitive Method argues that Beckett's narrative work, rather than just expressing or rendering cognition and mental states, inaugurates an exploratory use of narrative as an introspective modeling technology (defined as "introspection by simulation"). Through a detailed analysis of Beckett's entire corpus and published volumes of letters, the book argues that Beckett pioneered a new method of writing to construct (in a mode analogous to scientific inquiry) "models" for the exploration of core laws, processes and dynamics in the human mind. Marco Bernini integrates models, problems and interpretive frameworks from contemporary narrative theory, cognitive sciences, phenomenology, and philosophy of mind to make a case for Beckett's modeling practice of a vast array of processes including: the (narrative) illusion of a sense of self, the hallucinatory quality of inner speech, the dialogic interaction with memories and felt presences, the synesthetic nature of inner experience and mental imagery, the developmental cooperation of language and locomotion, the role of moods and emotions as cognitive drives, the layered complexity of the mind and the emergent quality of consciousness. Beckett and the Cognitive Method also reflects on how Beckett's "fictional cognitive models" are transformed into reading, auditory or spectatorial experiences generating through narrative devices insights on which the sciences can only discursively or descriptively report. As such, the study advocates for their relevance to the contemporary scientific debate towards an interdisciplinary co-modeling of cognition"--

The Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett

Author : Charles A. Carpenter
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 144118421X
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book The Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett written by Charles A. Carpenter and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Theatrical Improvisation, Consciousness, and Cognition

Author : C. Drinko
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137335297
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Book Synopsis Theatrical Improvisation, Consciousness, and Cognition by : C. Drinko

Download or read book Theatrical Improvisation, Consciousness, and Cognition written by C. Drinko and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improvisation teachers have long known that the human mind could be trained to be effortlessly spontaneous and intuitive. Drinko explores what these improvisation teachers knew about improvisation's effects on consciousness and cognition and compares these theories to current findings in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy.

Theatre/Ecology/Cognition

Author : T. Paavolainen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137277920
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book Theatre/Ecology/Cognition written by T. Paavolainen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is performer-object interaction enacted and perceived in the theatre? How thereby are varieties of 'meaning' also enacted and perceived? Using cognitive theory and ecological ontology, Paavolainen investigates how the interplay of actors and objects affords a degree of enjoyment and understanding, whether or not the viewer speaks the language.

Samuel Beckett and the Theatre of the Witness

Author : Hannah Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192863266
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Samuel Beckett and the Theatre of the Witness written by Hannah Simpson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Beckett and the Theatre of the Witness explores Beckett's representation of physical pain in his theatre plays in the long aftermath of World War II, emphasising how the issues raised by this staging of pain speak directly to matters lying at the heart of his work: the affective power of the human body; the doubtful capacity of language as a means of communication; the aesthetic and ethical functioning of the theatre medium; and the vexed question of intersubjective empathy. Alongside the wartime and post-war plays of fellow Francophone writers Albert Camus, Eugène Ionesco, Pablo Picasso, and Marguerite Duras, this study resituates Beckett's early plays in a new conceptualising of le théâtre du témoin or a 'theatre of the witness'. These are plays concerned with the epistemological and ethical uncertainties of witnessing another's pain, rather than with the sufferer's own direct experience. They raise troubling questions about our capacity to comprehend and respond to another being's pain. Drawing on an interdisciplinary framework of extant criticism, recorded historical audience response, theatre and affect theory, and medical understandings of bodily pain, Hannah Simpson argues that these plays do not offer any easily negotiable encounter with physical suffering, pushing us to recognise the very 'otherness' of another being's pain, even as it invades our own affective sphere. In place of any comforting transcendence or redemption of endured pain, they offer a starkly sceptical, even pessimistic probing of what it is to witness another's suffering.

Samuel Beckett

Author : Angela B. Moorjani
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042015999
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Samuel Beckett written by Angela B. Moorjani and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2001 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the contents: Beckett and the quest for meaning (Martin Esslin). - Beckett's tonic laughter (Manfred Pfister). - The magic triangle: James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Arno Schmidt (Friedhelm Rathjen). - Beckett performed in Italy (Annamaria Cascetta). - Beckett and synaesthesia (Yoshiki Tajiri). - Beckett versus the reader (Michael Guest).

Samuel Beckett and trauma

Author : Mariko Hori Tanaka
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526121360
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Samuel Beckett and trauma written by Mariko Hori Tanaka and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Beckett and trauma is the first book that specifically addresses the question of trauma in Beckett, taking into account the recent rise of trauma studies in literature. Beckett is an author whose works are strongly related to the psychological and historical trauma of our age. His works not only explore the multifarious aspects of trauma but also radically challenge our conception of trauma itself by the unique syntax of language, aesthetics of fragmentation, bodily malfunctions and the creation of void. Instead of simply applying current trauma theories to Beckett, this book provides new perspectives that will expand and alter them by employing other theoretical frameworks in literature, theatre, art, philosophy and psychoanalysis. It will inspire anybody interested in literature and trauma, including specialists and students working on twentieth-century world literature, comparative studies, trauma studies and theatre /art.

Samuel Beckett's Theatre in America

Author : N. Bianchini
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137439866
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Samuel Beckett's Theatre in America written by N. Bianchini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the 30-year collaboration between playwright Samuel Beckett and director Alan Schneider, Bianchini reconstructs their shared American productions between 1956 and 1984. By examining how Beckett was introduced to American audiences, this book leads into a wider historical discussion of American theatre in the mid-to-late 20th century.

The Plays of Samuel Beckett

Author : Katherine Weiss
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 140814557X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Plays of Samuel Beckett written by Katherine Weiss and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Plays of Samuel Beckett provides a stimulating analysis of Beckett's entire dramatic oeuvre, encompassing his stage, radio and television plays. Ideal for students, this major study combines analysis of each play by Katherine Weiss with interveiws and essays from practitioners and scholars.

An Introduction to Theatre, Performance and the Cognitive Sciences

Author : John Lutterbie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474256821
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Book Synopsis An Introduction to Theatre, Performance and the Cognitive Sciences by : John Lutterbie

Download or read book An Introduction to Theatre, Performance and the Cognitive Sciences written by John Lutterbie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first textbook designed for students, practitioners and scholars of the performing arts who are curious about the power of the cognitive sciences to throw light on the processes of performance. It equips readers with a clear understanding of how research in cognitive neuroscience has illuminated and expanded traditional approaches to thinking about topics such as the performer, the spectator, space and time, culture, and the text. Each chapter considers four layers of performance: conventional forms of theatre, performance art, and everyday life, offering an expansive vision of the impact of the cognitive sciences on performance in the widest sense. Written in an approachable style, An Introduction to Theatre, Performance and the Cognitive Sciences weaves together case studies of a wide range of performances with scientific evidence and post-structural theory. Artists such as Robert Wilson, Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Ariane Mnouchkine, Bertolt Brecht, and Antonin Artaud are brought into conversation with theories of Gilles Deleuze, Shaun Gallagher, Alva Noë, Tim Ingold and the science of V. S. Ramachandran, Vittorio Gallese, and Antonio Damasio. John Lutterbie offers a complex understanding of not only the act of performing but the forces that mark the place of theatre in contemporary society. In drawing on a variety of scientific articles, Lutterbie provides readers with an accessible account of significant research in areas in the field and reveals how the sciences can help us understand the experience of art.

French XX Bibliography

Author : William J. Thompson
Publisher : Associated University Presse
ISBN 13 : 9781575911151
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book French XX Bibliography written by William J. Thompson and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the listing of books, articles, and book reviews concerned with French literature since 1885. This is a reference source in the study of modern French literature and culture. It contains nearly 8,800 entries.

Samuel Beckett's Self-Referential Drama

Author : Shimon Levy
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1782847820
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Samuel Beckett's Self-Referential Drama written by Shimon Levy and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of Samuel Beckett's drama, using the criteria that ensue from the works themselves, with particular attention given to the relationship between the medium and the message. This fully revised second edition includes chapters on the radioplays and film and television scripts.

Arthur Miller’s Century

Author : Stephen Marino
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443896152
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Arthur Miller’s Century written by Stephen Marino and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Miller was one of the major American dramatists of the twentieth century, clearly ranking with other truly great American playwrights, including Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Edward Albee. The centennial of Miller’s birth in New York City on October 17, 1915 was celebrated around the world with a panoply of staged productions, theatrical events, media documentaries, and academic conferences. Miller earned his reputation during a career of more than seventy years, in which he achieved critical success in the 1940s and 1950s with the dramas All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible and A View from the Bridge. He was also notable for his refusal to “name names at his appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee”, his marriage to the film actress Marilyn Monroe, and his spell as president of the literary organization, International P.E.N. Arthur Miller was not only a literary giant, but also one of the more significant political, cultural, and social figures of his time. He was a man of conviction and integrity who frequently took stands, popular and unpopular, on the ethical issues that engaged societies throughout the world. This collection includes eclectic essays from Miller scholars who provide detailed discussions of text and performance, of Miller as a political and cultural figure, and of his connection to other playwrights. The contributions explore the trajectory of Miller’s career, his most famous and frequently produced works, such as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, the dramas of his later career, and his fiction. The collection appeals to a broad American and international audience and a cross-section of readers, including undergraduates, graduates, emerging scholars, drama and theatre specialists, as well as theatre-goers who flock to revivals of Miller’s plays.

Popular Modernism and Its Legacies

Author : Scott Ortolano
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501325124
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Popular Modernism and Its Legacies written by Scott Ortolano and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Modernism and Its Legacies reconfigures modernist studies to investigate how modernist concepts, figures, and aesthetics continue to play essential--though often undetected--roles across an array of contemporary works, genres, and mediums. Featuring both established and emerging scholars, each of the book's three sections offers a distinct perspective on popular modernism. The first section considers popular modernism in periods historically associated with the movement, discovering hidden connections between traditional forms of modernist literature and popular culture. The second section traces modernist genealogies from the past to the contemporary era, ultimately revealing that immensely popular contemporary works, artists, and genres continue to engage and thereby renew modernist aesthetics and values. The final section moves into the 21st century, discovering how popular works invoke modernist techniques, texts, and artists to explore social and existential quandaries in the contemporary world. Concluding with an afterword from noted scholar Faye Hammill, Popular Modernism and Its Legacies reshapes the study of modernism and provides new perspectives on important works at the center of our cultural imagination.

Beckett's afterlives

Author : Jonathan Bignell
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526153785
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Beckett's afterlives written by Jonathan Bignell and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the steady rise in adaptations of Samuel Beckett’s work across the world following the author’s death in 1989, Beckett’s afterlives is the first book-length study dedicated to this creative phenomenon. The collection employs interrelated concepts of adaptation, remediation and appropriation to reflect on Beckett’s own evolving approach to crossing genre boundaries and to analyse the ways in which contemporary artists across different media and diverse cultural contexts – including the UK, Europe, the USA and Latin America – continue to engage with Beckett. The book offers fresh insights into how his work has kept inspiring both practitioners and audiences in the twenty-first century, operating through methodologies and approaches that aim to facilitate and establish the study of modern-day adaptations, not just of Beckett but other (multimedia) authors as well.

Beckett’s Voices / Voicing Beckett

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004468382
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Beckett’s Voices / Voicing Beckett written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beckett’s Voices / Voicing Beckett uses ‘voice’ as a prism to investigate Samuel Beckett’s work across a range of texts, genres, and cultures. Twenty-one international contributors evaluate Beckett’s contemporary artistic legacy in relation to music, media, performance, and philosophy.