A Desperate Comedy: Hope and Alienation in Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot"

Autor/in	Scott, Alan
Titel	A Desperate Comedy: Hope and Alienation in Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot"
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 45 (2013) 4, S.448-460 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2012.718149
Schlagwörter	Drama; Twentieth Century Literature; Familiarity; Alienation; Social Change; Theater Arts; Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schauspiel; Entfremdung; Sozialer Wandel; Theaterwissenschaft; Bildung; Erziehung
Abstract	This article is both a personal response to Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" and an examination of the concept within literature of making the strange familiar and making the familiar strange. It discusses the educative force and potential of Beckett's strangers in a strange world by examining my own personal experiences with the play. At the same time the limitations of Beckett's theatre are explored through the contrast with the work of Berthold Brecht, who sought to make the familiar strange as a method of political enquiry to facilitate the transformation of the capitalist state. Parallels are drawn between the possibilities of both theatre and education as tools for social transformation and change. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10