Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 191 g
Reihe: Character Studies
Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 191 g
Reihe: Character Studies
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9381-1
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
"Character Studies" aims to promote sophisticated literary analysis through the concept of character. It demonstrates the necessity of linking character analysis to texts’ themes, issues and ideas, and encourages students to embrace the complexity of literary characters and the texts in which they appear. The series thus fosters close critical reading and evidence-based discussion, as well as an engagement with historical context, and with literary criticism and theory.
Designed for first year students, this innovative guide builds on the usual knowledge base of students beginning literary study in HE by focusing on the familiar characters but introducing more sophisticated analysis.
Character Studies aims to promote sophisticated literary analysis through the concept of character. It demonstrates the necessity of linking character analysis to texts, themes, issues and ideas, and encourages students to embrace the complexity of literary characters and the texts in which they appear. The series thus fosters close critical reading and evidence-based discussion, as well as an engagement with historical context, and with literary criticism and theory.
This book provides an introductory study of Beckett’s most famous play, dealing not just with the four main characters but with the pairings that they form, and the implications of these pairings for the very idea of character in the play. After locating Godot within the context of Beckett’s work, Lawley discusses some of the play’s puzzles and difficulties including the absent ‘fifth character’, Godot himself. He examines character-in-action in particular episodes and passages, drawing frequently on Beckett’s revised text and paying consistent attention to the problems and possibilities of the text in performance.
