Samuel Beckett's Film - Thomas Tsakalakis -Samuel Beckett Today
โ Scribed by Thomas Tsakalakis
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Thomas Tsakalakis puts forth the proposition that Samuel Beckettโs "Film" adroitly parodies Bertrand Russellโs paradox in order to call into question the normative claims of metaphysical posturing and to disrupt the prevalent philosophical paradigms. "Film" instantiates the pitfalls of dogmatic certainties by dint of humor, which is the sole set that contains itself.
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<p>Writer Samuel Beckett (1906–89) is known for depicting a world of abject misery, failure, and absurdity in his many plays, novels, short stories, and poetry. Yet the despair in his work is never absolute, instead it is intertwined with black humor and an indomitable will to endure–