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| Title: | 山謬・貝克特《等待果陀》中的瘋狂群像
Unmasking Madness in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot |
| Authors: | 王豫
WANG, YU |
| Contributors: | 姜翠芬
Tsui-Fen Jiang
王豫
WANG, YU |
| Keywords: | 山謬・貝克特
等待果陀
瘋狂
倫理
Samuel Beckett
Waiting for Godot
madness
ethic |
| Date: | 2025 |
| Issue Date: | 2025-03-03 13:45:55 (UTC+8) |
| Abstract: | 山謬・貝克特的《等待果陀》長期以來被視為荒誕派戲劇的代表作。在這部劇作中，貝克特以極簡的方式呈現了一個重複兩次相同情節的世界，經常被解讀為隱晦或荒謬的敘事。儘管其創新性引人注目，《等待果陀》卻讓評論家感到困惑，他們試圖深入研究以解開該劇對人類生命荒謬性的詮釋。然而，本論文試圖超越以往的研究，深入探討每個角色的心理複雜性，揭示他們的痛苦、折磨與瘋狂。通過詳細分析角色看似不合邏輯的言語和行為，以及他們之間的關係與互動，本研究旨在探索倫理關懷的缺失如何將每個個體推向痛苦與瘋狂的境地。筆者主張，在《等待果陀》中，山謬・貝克特以缺乏倫理關懷為核心，描繪了人類瘋狂的多重樣貌：一位精神瀕臨崩潰的照護者、一名類似癡呆的依賴者、一位狂躁的主人以及一個失去人性理智的奴隸。
Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (1952) has been long considered the representative work of the Theatre of the Absurd movement. In this play, Beckett presents a minimalist world that repeats the same plot twice, often interpreted as a cryptic or nonsensical narrative. However, despite its originality, Waiting for Godot has perplexed critics, who have sought to conduct a thorough examination to unravel its interpretation of the absurdity of human life. However, this thesis endeavors to surpass previous research by delving into the psychological intricacies of each character, revealing their pain, suffering, and madness. Through a detailed analysis of the characters’ seemingly irrational words and actions, as well as their relationships and interactions, this study aims to explore how the lack of ethical care leads each individual into a state of suffering and madness. I argue that in Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett portrays a spectrum of madness in humanity from a caregiver who is on the verge of mental collapse, a dementia-like dependent, a hypomanic master, to a slave who has lost all human reason, because of their lack of ethical care. |
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國立政治大學
英國語文學系
110551005 |
| Source URI: | http://thesis.lib.nccu.edu.tw/record/#G0110551005 |
| Data Type: | thesis |
| Appears in Collections: | [英國語文學系] 學位論文
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