“What remains of all that misery?” Time, habit and memory in Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape

Authors

  • Fernando Aparecido Poiana State University of São Paulo/UNESP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v17i0.3541

Abstract

This article discusses how the flow of time in Krapp’s Last Tape constitutes an element of suspense to keep the audience’s attention and interest throughout. It also analyses the way Beckett’s play explores the paradoxical connection between time and meaning which, along with the corrosively comic potential it holds, offers the audience the opportunity to philosophize in concrete and existential terms.


Keywords: Samuel Beckett; Krapp’s Last Tape; existentialism.

Author Biography

  • Fernando Aparecido Poiana, State University of São Paulo/UNESP

    Fernando Aparecido Poiana got his MA at the State University of São Paulo/UNESP. He studied Modern British and Irish Literature at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA, in the 2007 Fall term. He is currently doing a doctorate research on the poetry of Seamus Deane, at IBILCE, UNESP, under the supervision of Professor Dr. Peter James Harris.

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Published

17-11-2015

Issue

Vol. 17 (2015): ABEI Journal 17

Section

Drama

How to Cite

Poiana, F. A. (2015). “What remains of all that misery?” Time, habit and memory in Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape. ABEI Journal, 17, 77-87. https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v17i0.3541