01535nam a2200337 i 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030020001800071020001500089040002700104082002400131100002600155245011000181264003100291300001400322336002600336337002800362338002700390520036800417650005500785650004600840650004900886650003600935650003400971650002401005650003301029650001001062999001901072952010601091217564InACL20260927133926.0260927s1996    xxu               0 eng d  a9780820423814  a0820423815  aInACLbengerdacInACL04a842.914bKIM.252231 aKim, Hwa Sooneauthor14aThe counterpoint of hope, obsession, and desire for death in five plays by Samuel Beckett /cHwa Soon Kim 1aNew York :bP. Lang,c1996  a140 pages  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aThis 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. 0aBeckett, Samuel, 1906- -- Knowledge -- Psychology. 0aBeckett, Samuel, 1906- -- Dramatic works. 0aObsessive-compulsive disorder in literature. 0aDrama -- Psychological aspects. 0aDeath instinct in literature. 0aHope in literature. 0aDeath instinct in literature 0aDrama  c633064d633064  00104070aACLbACLcGENd2026-09-27l0o842.914 KIM.25p217564r2026-09-27 13:39:27w2026-09-27yBK