Krapp’s last tape: subject, exhaustion and language

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In this article we will analyze the problem of subject in the dramaturgy of Samuel Beckett, specifically in the play Krapp’s Last Tape (1958), an issue that will be approached from the notion of dramatic character and plot. Focusing on the ontological relationship that the character maintains with h...

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Autor principal: Contreras Escobar, Juan Sebastián
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Oficina de publicaciones. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad de Buenos Aires 2020
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Beckett
subjectivity
monologue
character
plot
subjetividad
monólogo
personaje
fábula
Acceso en línea:http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Beckettiana/article/view/9125
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spelling I28-R145-9125_oai2021-03-11 Contreras Escobar, Juan Sebastián 2020-11-30 In this article we will analyze the problem of subject in the dramaturgy of Samuel Beckett, specifically in the play Krapp’s Last Tape (1958), an issue that will be approached from the notion of dramatic character and plot. Focusing on the ontological relationship that the character maintains with his dramatic speech, we will observe how language is constituted as their only possibility to exist, a problematic question as Krapp’s subjectivity is overflowed by different voices that emerge from his tapes. In his exhaustion, the character finds himself situated at a ‘crossroads of words’, where his monologue constantly folds back on itself, constructing a static-dynamic situation. A set-up that inverts the temporal movement in the play, as it is configured from the constant retrospection to the past and the memories of the character, in an erratic rhythm that tends to circularity and installs a perpetual present, waiting for an ending that does not end to materialize. En el presente artículo analizaremos el problema del sujeto en la dramaturgia de Samuel Beckett, específicamente en la pieza Krapp’s Last Tape (1958), cuestión que será abordada desde la noción de personaje dramático y fábula. Enfocándonos en la relación ontológica que sostiene el personaje con su discurso dramático, observaremos cómo el lenguaje se constituye como su única posibilidad de existir, cuestión problemática en tanto la subjetividad de Krapp es desbordada por las diferentes voces que emergen de sus cintas. En su agotamiento, el personaje se encuentra situado en una ‘encrucijada de palabras’, donde su monólogo se repliega constantemente sobre sí mismo, construyendo una situación estático-dinámica. Escenario que invierte el movimiento temporal en la obra, pues este se configura desde la constante retrospección al pasado y los recuerdos del personaje, en un ritmo errático que tiende a la circularidad e instala un presente perpetuo, la espera de un final que no termina de acabarse. application/pdf text/html http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Beckettiana/article/view/9125 10.34096/beckettiana.n17.9125 spa Oficina de publicaciones. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad de Buenos Aires http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Beckettiana/article/view/9125/7910 http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Beckettiana/article/view/9125/7941 Beckettiana; Núm. 17 (2020); 19-38 2683-9679 0327-7550 Beckett subjectivity monologue character plot Beckett subjetividad monólogo personaje fábula Krapp’s last tape: subject, exhaustion and language Krapp’s last tape: sujeto, agotamiento y lenguaje info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=becke&d=9125_oai
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subjectivity
monologue
character
plot
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personaje
fábula
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Contreras Escobar, Juan Sebastián
Krapp’s last tape: subject, exhaustion and language
topic_facet Beckett
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monologue
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Beckett
subjetividad
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personaje
fábula
description In this article we will analyze the problem of subject in the dramaturgy of Samuel Beckett, specifically in the play Krapp’s Last Tape (1958), an issue that will be approached from the notion of dramatic character and plot. Focusing on the ontological relationship that the character maintains with his dramatic speech, we will observe how language is constituted as their only possibility to exist, a problematic question as Krapp’s subjectivity is overflowed by different voices that emerge from his tapes. In his exhaustion, the character finds himself situated at a ‘crossroads of words’, where his monologue constantly folds back on itself, constructing a static-dynamic situation. A set-up that inverts the temporal movement in the play, as it is configured from the constant retrospection to the past and the memories of the character, in an erratic rhythm that tends to circularity and installs a perpetual present, waiting for an ending that does not end to materialize.
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