Beckett’s Trilogy Pushes Against the Frontiers of Fiction
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, French History
- Geographical Location: Paris
- Date: 1951-1953
Article abstract: Writing originally in French, the Irish-born Samuel Beckett published three thematically linked prose narratives that questioned and redefined the nature and intended functions of the novel.
Summary of Event
Samuel Beckett was graduated from Dublin’s Trinity College in 1927, and he embarked tentatively upon a career in the teaching and scholarship of French literature. Awarded a lectureship at the prestigious École Normale Supérieure in Paris for two academic years beginning in 1928, Beckett soon joined the circle of Irish...
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