Beckett, Derrida, and the Event of Literature - Couverture souple

Szafraniec, Asja

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0804754578 ISBN 13 : 9780804754576

Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2007

Synopsis

The late Jacques Derrida's notion of literature is explored in this new study. Starting with Derrida's self-professed inability to comment on the work of Samuel Beckett, whom Derrida nevertheless considered one of the most interesting and exemplary writers of our time, Asja Szafraniec argues that the shared feature of literary works as Derrida understands them is a double, juridical-economical gesture, and that one aspect of this notion (the juridical) is more hospitable to Beckett's oeuvre than the other. She then discusses other contemporary philosophical approaches to Beckett, including those of Gilles Deleuze, Stanley Cavell, and Alain Badiou. The book offers an innovative analysis of Derrida's approach to literature, as well as an overview of current philosophical approaches to contemporary literature and a number of innovative readings of Beckett's work.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Stanford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0804754578
• ISBN 13: 9780804754576
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264