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Stranger Things, Plant Life, and Posthuman Endgames: Reading Beckett with Others
Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Division of Communication, Literature and Swedish. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8111-1030
2022 (English)In: Humanities, E-ISSN 2076-0787, Vol. 11, no 2, article id 32Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This essay reads work by Samuel Beckett, especially his prose, with a focus on vegetal ontology and plant life, soil, mud, and dirt. By juxtaposing Beckett with recent fiction, e.g., the Netflix series Stranger Things, contemporary plant theory, and the general ecology of Erich Hörl, posthuman entanglements and relations are discussed as part of an ontological infrastructure in the texts, which can also be linked to Beckett’s interest in prosthetics and technical media. It is suggested that an approach of this kind might offer new perspectives on the dispersed subjectivity in Beckett’s texts.

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Basel, Switzerland: MDPI, 2022. Vol. 11, no 2, article id 32
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Samuel Beckett, posthuman, ecology, vegetal, plants, media, Stranger Things
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General Literature Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-183370DOI: 10.3390/h11020032ISI: 000786060300001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-183370DiVA, id: diva2:1642392
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Funding: Seed Box at Linkoping University

Available from: 2022-03-06 Created: 2022-03-06 Last updated: 2022-10-04Bibliographically approved

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