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2017 | 14/2 | 9-29

Article title

Bergson – Beckett – Lotman: A semiotic analysis of Samuel Beckett’s “A Wet Night” from More Pricks Than Kicks

Title variants

PL
Bergson – Beckett – Lotman: semiotyczna analiza opowiadania Samuela Becketta A Wet Night z tomu More Pricks than Kicks

Languages of publication

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Abstracts

EN
The article presents a semiotic analysis of a short story entitled “A Wet Night” from Samuel Beckett’s collection More Pricks Than Kicks. The author attempts to analyse the story using the semiotic tools and the concept of semiosphere proposed by Yuri Lotman. In addition to Lotman’s theory, the discussion refers to traces of Henri Bergson’s philosophy, correlated with Beckett’s interests in this matter and highlighted in “A Wet Night”. The aim is to show that both Lotman’s and Bergson’s theories find their application in the selected story.
PL
Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza semiotyczna opowiadania „A Wet Night” autorstwa Samuela Becketta, które można znaleźć w zbiorze More Pricks Than Kicks. Autor artykułu podejmuje próbę analizy semiotycznej wyżej wymienionego opowiadania, opierając się na koncepcji semiotyka Jurija Lotmana, który zaproponował teorię semiosfery oraz systemów modelujących. Ponadto autor zestawia koncepcję Lotmana z filozofią Henri Bergsona, której echa przejawiają się w opowiadaniu „A Wet Night”, w celu sprawdzenia, czy obie teorie znajdują zastosowania w analizowanym tekście.

Contributors

  • Uniwersytet Gdański

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
1732-1220
ISSN
2451-1498

YADDA identifier

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