'Till Nohow On': The Later Metafiction of Samuel Beckett

This paper examines some of Samuel Beckett's late narratives (Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho and Stirrings Still), with a focus on the evolution of his metafictional techniques, and more specifically the growing importance acquired by the thematization of the compositional process itself, as well as the attention paid to closure. These texts are interpreted here as explorations of the element of reading inherent to writing (implied reception). The paper also analyzes the stylistics of Beckett's prose and discusses its significance.

 

'Till Nohow On': The Later Metafiction of Samuel Beckett

http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6ZW18S18

Author(s):

José Angel GARCÍA LANDA (see profile)

Date:

1994

Group(s):

Literary theory, Narrative theory and Narratology

Subject(s):

Samuel Beckett, Modernist literature, Criticism, French literature, English literature, Narratology

Item Type:

Book chapter

Tag(s):

Metafiction, Closure, Experimental fiction

Permanent URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6ZW18S18

Abstract:

Notes:

Online print-on-demand: Brill-Rodopi https://brill.com/abstract/title/30405

_____. "'Till Nohow On': The Later Metafiction of Samuel Beckett." 1991. In British Postmodern Fiction. Ed. Theo D'haen and Hans Bertens. (Postmodern Studies, 7). Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1994. 63-76.* (Online print-on-demand: Brill-Rodopi).

         https://brill.com/abstract/title/30405

         2018

_____. "'Till Nohow On': The Later Metafiction of Samuel Beckett." In British Postmodern Fiction. Online texts at Net Sight de José Angel García Landa (2008).*

         http://www.unizar.es/departamentos/filologia_inglesa/garciala/publicaciones/britishpostmodernfiction.html

         2008

_____. "'Till Nohow On': The Later Metafiction of Samuel Beckett." Online PDF at Social Science Research Network 6 April 2010.*

         DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1585267

         http://ssrn.com/abstract=1585267

         2011

English & Commonwealth Literature eJournal

http://www.ssrn.com/link/English-Commonwealth-Lit.html

2012

_____. "'Till Nohow On': The Later Metafiction of Samuel Beckett." Academia 6 April 2010.*

         http://www.academia.edu/225910/

         2013

_____. "'Till Nohow On': The Later Metafiction of Samuel Beckett." Online PDF at Zaguán 6 April 2010.*

         http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/4542

         2011

_____. "'Till Nohow On': The Later Metafiction of Samuel Beckett." ResearchGate 7 Oct. 2011.*

         http://www.researchgate.net/publication/44277554

         2011

_____. "'Till Nohow On': The Later Metafiction of Samuel Beckett." Humanities Commons 26 Oct. 2018.*

         http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6ZW18S18

         https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:21401/

         2018

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