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Beckett, Derrida, and the Event of Literature - 9780804754576

Un libro in lingua di Asja Szafraniec edito da Stanford Univ Pr, 2007

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Derrida refused to comment on Beckett, although he took pains to comment on his refusal, which he blamed on simple inability. Fortunately Szafraniec (comparative literature, U. of Amsterdam) has no such reservations and ably takes on both giants of twentieth century thought. She starts with the premise that Derrida believed literary works shared a double, judicial-economic gesture, and that the judicial more closely favors Beckett's work. From this she branches into commentary on criticism by Deleuze, Cavell and Badiou on Beckett, bringing into focus not only Derrida's thought but also that of his contemporaries. The result is a new reading of Beckett and to approaches to contemporary literature in general. It would have been fascinating to read Derrida's response to this approach, but Szafraniec's mastery of Derridean concepts is both sophisticated and confident. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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