Beckett trilogy
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The Beckett trilogy is a landmark series of three interrelated novels by Samuel Beckett that trace the dissolution of narrative, identity, and language in a stark, minimalist style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beckett trilogy canonical | 1 |
| Beckett’s Trilogy | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel trilogy ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
breakdown of narrative
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dissolution of identity ⓘ limits of language ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
failure of representation
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instability of self ⓘ relationship between voice and body ⓘ |
| firstPart | Molloy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental fiction
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modernist fiction ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Malone
NERFINISHED
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Molloy NERFINISHED ⓘ unnamed narrator of The Unnamable ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Malone Dies
NERFINISHED
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Molloy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unnamable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
absurdist fiction
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postmodern literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
modernism
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postmodernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | landmark of twentieth-century fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
first-person narration
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repetition and variation ⓘ self-reflexive narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fragmented subjectivity
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radical narrative experimentation ⓘ unreliable narrators ⓘ |
| originalPublicationPeriod | 1947–1949 ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Les Éditions de Minuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext |
absurdism
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existentialism ⓘ |
| publicationOrder | Molloy; Malone Dies; The Unnamable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondPart | Malone Dies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | unnamed locations ⓘ |
| style |
interior monologue
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minimalist ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| thirdPart | The Unnamable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| translator | Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Beckett’s Trilogy