Title: Tensions of the In-Between: Rhythm, Tonelessness and Lyricism in
Abstract:This paper is a stylistic and genetic analysis of / envisaged through the paradigm of rhythm, seen as a key to the dramatic tension of the play. While rewriting his play into English, Beckett searched...This paper is a stylistic and genetic analysis of / envisaged through the paradigm of rhythm, seen as a key to the dramatic tension of the play. While rewriting his play into English, Beckett searched for the “music” he had in mind since the first drafts of the play. If the 'tonelessness' that characterizes impacted upon its rewriting into English, edging the English closer to the French, it is also Beckett's French which is already redolent with specific English rhythms and stress patterns, a fact attested to by an unpublished interview with actor Jean Martin.Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
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