SPACE AND COMMUNICATION IN SAMUEL BECKETT'S COMPANY AND IN SOME OF HIS DRAMATIC WORKS.

Espaço e Comunicação em Companhia de Samuel Beckett e em Alguns de seus Trabalhos Dramáticos.

Written in 1979, Company, epitomises all the efforts of Samuel Beckett to cross the boundaries between the narrative and the drama. In this work I concentrate on the relationship between space and communication in his selected works (the narrative -- Company, radio plays, film as well as stage plays) so as to show that Company contributes to the understanding of main semantic concerns (i.e. darkness vs. light, inside vs. outside, stage vs. theatre, speaking vs. silence, monologue vs. dialogue, mimetic vs. metaphoric, vertical vs. horizontal etc.) in Beckett's drama. I also focus on the invariant principles constructing the model of the world that emerges from all the works in question. I place my observation in the context of English language criticism on Samuel Beckett. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Escrito em 1979, Companhia resume todos os esforços de Samuel Beckett para cruzar as fronteiras entre a narrativa e o drama. Neste trabalho, concentro-me sobre a relação entre o espaço e a comunicação em obras desse autor (narrativas -- Companhia, peças de rádio, de filme e de palco) para mostrar que Companhia contribui para o entendimento de preocupações semânticas principais (isto é, escuridão vs. luz, palco ao ar livre vs. teatro, fala vs. silêncio, monólogo vs. diálogo, mimético vs. metafórico, vertical vs. horizontal etc.) em seu drama. Também dedico especial atenção aos princípios constantes que constroem o modelo de mundo que emerge de todas essas obras. Faço minha observação no contexto das críticas de língua inglesa em relação a Samuel Beckett. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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