and ‘rationality’, is itself a meticulously advocated rational view. This paper is a critique of the Post-Modernist critique of the idea of meaning in a literary text. ‘Waiting for Godot’, which is one of the representative pieces of Post Modernist literature, is made a reference point for this purpose. ‘Waiting for Godot’ by Samuel Beckett is considered to be a revolutionary play in many sense. Any conventional play has a specific setting and background. Even if a play begins abruptly, one can
Along with all these depiction of identity crises, gender role, sexual identity, manifestation of existential identity also finds currency in modern continental drama with much more intensity. Existentialism as a philosophical and cultural movement in art, drama and theology emerged from the early 20th century which considers the individual experiences at the center of understanding human existence, rather than moral thought. Despite the fact that existential ideas originated in earlier twentieth
Lucky´s speech is probably the most spectacular part of “Waiting for Godot”, since it presents a complete dissolution of language. But this does not mean that Beckett wrote this piece without any sense, this piece was written with intention, with structure, but it is hidden. The presence of Repetition gives a particular rhythmic sonority, with a lot of unconnected phrases that create a well-planned net to be discovered. When analyzing tge structure, the first thin that catches the attention is that