Minimalism in Samuel Beckett’s breath (1969)
| dc.authorid | 0000-0002-0717-9627 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bayrakçeken Akın, Fatma Aylin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-26T10:22:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-26T10:22:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.department | Yüksekokullar, Yabancı Diller Yüksekokulu, İngilizce Mütercim-Tercümanlık Bölümü | |
| dc.description.abstract | Beckettian poetics of, less is more, finds meaning in a meaningless universe where minimalism, diminution, condensation and decline are explored reducing theatrical performance to its barest elements. In his contribution to Kenneth Tynan’s Oh!Calcutta! (1969), Breath (1969) acts as the Prologue of the Off-Broadway play. Beckett presents a hauntingly simple and profoundly thought-provoking play, confirming his mastery of minimalist drama. Lasting less than a minute, the play Breath (1969) features no characters, dialogue or conventional narrative. Rather, Beckett presents an abstract meditation on existence via sound, light and a visual composition of debris | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bayrakçeken Akın, F. A. (2025). Minimalism in Samuel Beckett’s Breath (1969). In 17th International IDEA Conference: Studies in English, (p. 100). Fırat University. | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 100 | |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 100 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13055/1038 | |
| dc.institutionauthor | Bayrakçeken Akın, Fatma Aylin | |
| dc.institutionauthorid | 0000-0002-0717-9627 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Fırat University | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 17th International Idea Conference: Studies in English | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Konferans Öğesi - Ulusal - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.subject | Minimalism | |
| dc.subject | Meaning of Existence | |
| dc.subject | Meaning of Life | |
| dc.subject | Meaning of Death | |
| dc.subject | Suffering | |
| dc.title | Minimalism in Samuel Beckett’s breath (1969) | |
| dc.type | Conference Object | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication |
