"Beckett and Ecology is the first full-length book to offer a wide range of scholarly and artistic responses to the ecological crises provoked, mediated, or challenged by Beckett's work. The volume reflects on the varied practices and narratives in Beckettian intermedial ecologies, offering new insights into the connections between Beckett and the Anthropocene in the terrains of translation, adaptation, performance and the visual arts. Chapters also explore the potential of Happy Days (1961) for ecological thought, and the role it has taken in ecodramaturgy"--
"Beckett and Ecology is the first full-length book to offer a wide range of scholarly and artistic responses to the ecological crises provoked, mediated, or challenged by Beckett's work. The volume reflects on the varied practices and narratives in Beckettian intermedial ecologies, offering new insights into the connections between Beckett and the Anthropocene in the terrains of translation, adaptation, performance and the visual arts. Chapters also explore the potential of Happy Days (1961) for ecological thought, and the role it has taken in ecodramaturgy"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Trish McTighe is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Queen's University Belfast, UK. Céline Thobois-Gupta is an IRC-funded PhD researcher and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Drama at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, as well as an ECR Fellow at the Trinity Long Room Hub. Nicholas E. Johnson is Associate Professor and Head of Drama at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, where he co-directs the Trinity Centre for Beckett Studies.
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List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements 01. Introduction: All this, when will all this have been . just play?': Situating Beckett and Ecology Céline Thobois-Gupta (Trinity College Dublin), Trish McTighe (Queen's University Belfast) & Nicholas E. Johnson (Trinity College Dublin) Part One. "The tree is pulled up and disappears in flies" - Beckettian Ecologies: Epistemologies, Practices, Discourses 02. Samuel Beckett's Theatre and Dark Ecology Chen Chang (Nanjing University) 03. A Dusty Coup from Argentina Noelia Billi (University of Buenos Aires) 04. "a specialist of neither more nor less importance than the other specialists involved": Beckett's Collaborative Ecologies across Media Olga Beloborodova (University of Antwerp), James Little (University of Cyprus) & Pim Verhulst (University of Oxford) 05. Linguistic Ecologies: Reading Samuel Beckett in Saudi Arabia Amjad Alshalan (King Saud University) 06. Translating the Ecological Aspects of Beckett's Drama into Japanese Theatre Yoshiko Takebe (Shujutsu University) 07. The Translator as Cultural Mediator: The Tradaptation of Waiting for Godot for a Thai Buddhist Ecosystem Chutima Maneewattana (Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University) 08. Beckett and Televisual Ecosystems: Dramas of the Vast Wasteland Jonathan Bignell (University of Reading) 09. Interview: Workshopping Beckett in Algeria for the Streets of the World Mauricio Celedon (Teatro del Silencio) & Céline Thobois-Gupta (Trinity College Dublin) Part 2. "and to think all that is organic waste!" Beckett and the Anthropocene / Beckett in the Anthropocene 10. Retrofitting Beckett: Synge, Druid Theatre, and Waiting for Godot on Inis Meáin Patrick Lonergan (University of Galway) 11. "Old Wall": Reading Endgame's Pictographs with Australian Indigenous Rock Art Mark Byron (University of Sydney) 12. A Tree and a Stone in Waiting for Godot: Precarity in Beckett Mariko Hori Tanaka (Aoyama Gakuin University) 13. Beckett to Gather the World? Martin Ambara (Laboratoire de théâtre de Yaoundé) & Céline Thobois-Gupta (Trinity College Dublin) 14. Terra Incognita: Beckett's Anthropo(s)cene in Contemporary Art Derval Tubridy (Goldsmiths, University of London) 15. Rastreadoras Del Fuerte and The Unearthing of Their Lost and Loved Ones: Beckettian Ecologies and the More-than-human Eye Luz María Sanchez (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya/Kunstakademiet, University of Bergen) 16. "Toute cette question du climat": The More-than-Human World in Beckett's Trilogy Michael Cronin (Trinity College Dublin) 17. Ecological Crises and Local Manifestations in Godot Aaya Kya Supriya Baijal (Trinity College Dublin) & Devika Mehra (University of London) Section 3. "The earth is really tight today": The Eco-dramaturgy of Happy Days 18. Samuel Beckett and Terrain Vague: Happy Days, a Case Study Céline Thobois-Gupta (Trinity College Dublin) 19. "Shall I myself not melt perhaps in the end, or burn...": Samuel Beckett's Happy Days in Times of Ecological Turmoil Konstantina Georgiadi (Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology) 20. Happy Days in Los Angeles: An Ecology of the Unhoused Katherine Weiss (California State University) 21. Beckett's Haunting of the Landscape and Language of Ireland Sarah Jane Scaife (Trinity College Dublin) 22. The Eco-Scenography of Beckett sa Chreig: Laethanta Sona from Imagination to Making to Monumentalizing Rosaleen Mayapril (University of Reading) 23. Hybrid Bodies: A Hydro- and Eco-Feminist Reading of Company SJ's Beckett sa Chreig: Laethanta Sona Zoë Tweed (University of Reading) 24. Conclusion: 'Coup de pousse' Céline Thobois-Gupta (Trinity College Dublin) & Nicholas E. Johnson (Trinity College Dublin) Index
List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements 01. Introduction: All this, when will all this have been . just play?': Situating Beckett and Ecology Céline Thobois-Gupta (Trinity College Dublin), Trish McTighe (Queen's University Belfast) & Nicholas E. Johnson (Trinity College Dublin) Part One. "The tree is pulled up and disappears in flies" - Beckettian Ecologies: Epistemologies, Practices, Discourses 02. Samuel Beckett's Theatre and Dark Ecology Chen Chang (Nanjing University) 03. A Dusty Coup from Argentina Noelia Billi (University of Buenos Aires) 04. "a specialist of neither more nor less importance than the other specialists involved": Beckett's Collaborative Ecologies across Media Olga Beloborodova (University of Antwerp), James Little (University of Cyprus) & Pim Verhulst (University of Oxford) 05. Linguistic Ecologies: Reading Samuel Beckett in Saudi Arabia Amjad Alshalan (King Saud University) 06. Translating the Ecological Aspects of Beckett's Drama into Japanese Theatre Yoshiko Takebe (Shujutsu University) 07. The Translator as Cultural Mediator: The Tradaptation of Waiting for Godot for a Thai Buddhist Ecosystem Chutima Maneewattana (Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University) 08. Beckett and Televisual Ecosystems: Dramas of the Vast Wasteland Jonathan Bignell (University of Reading) 09. Interview: Workshopping Beckett in Algeria for the Streets of the World Mauricio Celedon (Teatro del Silencio) & Céline Thobois-Gupta (Trinity College Dublin) Part 2. "and to think all that is organic waste!" Beckett and the Anthropocene / Beckett in the Anthropocene 10. Retrofitting Beckett: Synge, Druid Theatre, and Waiting for Godot on Inis Meáin Patrick Lonergan (University of Galway) 11. "Old Wall": Reading Endgame's Pictographs with Australian Indigenous Rock Art Mark Byron (University of Sydney) 12. A Tree and a Stone in Waiting for Godot: Precarity in Beckett Mariko Hori Tanaka (Aoyama Gakuin University) 13. Beckett to Gather the World? Martin Ambara (Laboratoire de théâtre de Yaoundé) & Céline Thobois-Gupta (Trinity College Dublin) 14. Terra Incognita: Beckett's Anthropo(s)cene in Contemporary Art Derval Tubridy (Goldsmiths, University of London) 15. Rastreadoras Del Fuerte and The Unearthing of Their Lost and Loved Ones: Beckettian Ecologies and the More-than-human Eye Luz María Sanchez (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya/Kunstakademiet, University of Bergen) 16. "Toute cette question du climat": The More-than-Human World in Beckett's Trilogy Michael Cronin (Trinity College Dublin) 17. Ecological Crises and Local Manifestations in Godot Aaya Kya Supriya Baijal (Trinity College Dublin) & Devika Mehra (University of London) Section 3. "The earth is really tight today": The Eco-dramaturgy of Happy Days 18. Samuel Beckett and Terrain Vague: Happy Days, a Case Study Céline Thobois-Gupta (Trinity College Dublin) 19. "Shall I myself not melt perhaps in the end, or burn...": Samuel Beckett's Happy Days in Times of Ecological Turmoil Konstantina Georgiadi (Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology) 20. Happy Days in Los Angeles: An Ecology of the Unhoused Katherine Weiss (California State University) 21. Beckett's Haunting of the Landscape and Language of Ireland Sarah Jane Scaife (Trinity College Dublin) 22. The Eco-Scenography of Beckett sa Chreig: Laethanta Sona from Imagination to Making to Monumentalizing Rosaleen Mayapril (University of Reading) 23. Hybrid Bodies: A Hydro- and Eco-Feminist Reading of Company SJ's Beckett sa Chreig: Laethanta Sona Zoë Tweed (University of Reading) 24. Conclusion: 'Coup de pousse' Céline Thobois-Gupta (Trinity College Dublin) & Nicholas E. Johnson (Trinity College Dublin) Index
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