01417nam a2200325 i 4500 217564 InACL 20260927133926.0 260927s1996 xxu 0 eng d 9780820423814 0820423815 InACL eng rda InACL 842.914 KIM.25 23 Kim, Hwa Soon author The counterpoint of hope, obsession, and desire for death in five plays by Samuel Beckett / Hwa Soon Kim New York : P. Lang, 1996 140 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier This study focuses on the deceptive roles of three motifs in Beckett's plays. It discusses the contradictory doubleness of the Beckettian life and the dynamic interactions of its polarities. For an appreciation of the dialogic nature of the Beckettian world, the study applies Derrida's idea of differance, Lacan's psychoanalysis, and Bakhtin's idea of dialogism. Beckett, Samuel, 1906- -- Knowledge -- Psychology. Beckett, Samuel, 1906- -- Dramatic works. Obsessive-compulsive disorder in literature. Drama -- Psychological aspects. Death instinct in literature. Hope in literature. Death instinct in literature Drama 633064 633064 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-27 0 842.914 KIM.25 217564 2026-09-27 13:39:27 2026-09-27 BK