Literary Silences in Pascal, Rousseau, and Beckett

Name: Literary Silences in Pascal, Rousseau, and Beckett
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ISBN: 9780199266364

ISBN-10: 0199266360

ISBN-13: 9780199266364

Edition: 2003

Authors: Elisabeth Marie Loevlie

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To explore literary silence is to explore the relationships between literary texts and the silence of the ineffable. It is to enquire what dynamics texts develop as they strive to 'say the unsayable', and it is to think literature as a silence that speaks itself. This study describes these literary and silent dynamics through readings of Pascal's Penses, Rousseau's Rveries, and Beckett's trilogy Molloy, Malone meurt, and L'Innommable. It contributes to our understanding of three major writers and challenges our idea of what silence is. The subject of silence and of the ineffable has a long philosophical and critical tradition. A careful study of this tradition reveals the dominance of a…

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List price: $210.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/29/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction



Moving towards literary silence



Thinking literary silence - a theoretical exploration



The behaviour of literary silence: repetition, aporia, implosion



Literary silence in Pascal's Pensees



Literary silence in Rousseau's Reveries


Interlude: From Rousseau to Beckett - the opening of the 'third mode' of language



Literary silence in Beckett's trilogy


Conclusion


Bibliography