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"'Nothing is Left to Tell' Beckettian Despair and Hope in the Arab World"
- Author(s):
- Hania A.M. Nashef (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Critical Studies in World Literature, GS Drama and Performance, LLC Arabic, TM Literary Criticism
- Subject(s):
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989, Arab countries
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Waiting for Godot, theater of the absurd, Samuel Beckett, Arab world
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/p93z-e460
- Abstract:
- In the Arab world, Beckett’s plays or their adaptations have not only been popular with audiences and directors but have also inspired other literary and media genres. The Beckettian wait itself has become synonymous with the condition of the Arab person. It is a wait that offers an unrealized potential of hope that reverberates with the diminishing prospects of the Beckettian protagonist. In this paper, I discuss how in times of war, migrations, and despair, performances of Beckett’s plays abound.
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- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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