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| Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot：Suffering and Emptiness--An Interpretation in the Light of Buddhism=塞謬爾 貝克特的《等待果陀》：苦與空--以佛教的觀點解讀 | ||
| 作者 | 蕭世萍 (著)=Hsiao, Shih-ping (au.) |
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| 出版日期 | 1998 |
| 出版者 | 國立成功大學外國語文學系=Department of Freign Languages & Literature, National Cheng Kung University |
| 出版地 | 臺灣 [Taiwan] |
| 資料類型 | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 碩士 |
| 校院名稱 | 國立成功大學 |
| 系所名稱 | 外國語文學系 |
| 指導教授 | 閻振瀛=Yen, Joseph C. Y. |
| 畢業年度 | 87 |
| 關鍵詞 | Beckett, Samuel; 等待果陀; Waiting for Godot; 苦; Suffering; Pain; 空; Emptiness; 存在主義; Existentialism; 荒謬劇; The Theatre of the Absurd |
| 摘要 | The recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969，Samuel Beckett is one of the most influential twentieth-century writers. His application of anti-conventional technique in drama reveals the existential plight of human beings in the universe. Violating the conventions of the traditional drama, giving up logic and consistency of structure，language and plot，Beckett leads drama into a new era. His famous work，Waiting for Godot，is ascribed to the theatre of the absurd. It not only discloses the absurdity of human existence，but also reveals the modernist aura of pain，nothingness, forlornness and anxiety caused mainly by the World Wars. To confront the plight of human situation is also a major concern of Eastern thought. Buddhism depends on humanistic thought to deal with humanlife such as the so-called suffering and emptiness. In this thesis, my research will be focused on suffering and emptiness. In order to illustrate this viewpoint，I will analyze Existentialism in terms of its background and tenets, and the differences between the existentialists and the absurd playwrights in writing style. Besides, I further compare two fundamental concepts in Buddhism -- suffering and emptiness -- with Beckett's Waiting for Godot which reveals pain and nothingness in characters, stage，language and structure. In Chapter Two，I would like to discuss the characters' suffering and forlornness both on physical and mental levels. All characters in Godot are old tramps who suffer from afflictions and illusions. In this play，there are only pain，habit，memory，forgetfulness; however，nothing happens. Memory is painful so the characters try to forget their past. Waiting is suffering when their expectation，Godot，doesn't show up. Waiting has become a habit which is an adaptation to the meaninglessness of life. How to escape suffering through Buddhism is my concern. In Chapter Three，my focus will be placed on time which brings nothingness. The flow of time doesn't bring hope and salvation，but frustration and void. Beckett is fond of the sentence，"Nothing is more real than Nothing". In Buddhism，"Real emptiness is not empty; it is wonderful existence. Wonderful existence does not exist; it is real emptiness". I will explore the similarities and differences between Godot and Buddhism in "emptiness". In Conclusion，I will analyze and comment on Waiting for Godot and Buddhism both in suffering and emptiness as well as their similarities and differences for the purpose of inspiring man's deep understanding about life. 提要 獲得一九六九年諾貝爾獎的塞謬爾 貝克特，是二十世紀最有影響力的作家之一. 他在戲劇上採用了異乎傳統的文學表現方式，以反應人在宇宙中所面臨的困境. 反對戲劇傳統，摒棄結構，語言，情節上的邏輯性與連慣性，使貝克特將戲劇帶入另一個新紀元. 他的成名代表作《等待果陀》，堪稱荒謬劇的經典. 它不僅揭露人類存在的荒謬，且展現了兩次世界大戰所帶給人類心靈的痛苦，虛無，絕望及不安. 面對人類存在的困境，東方的佛教也以人道思想予以探討，如佛教所提出的苦與空. 本論文中，主探討貝克特在《等待果陀》一劇中反覆強調的主題-苦與空. 為詮釋此論點，筆者將分析存在主義的時代背景，及存在主義文學家和荒謬劇作家在藝術表現上的差異性. 此外，筆者進一步以佛教基本思想苦難與空無比較《果陀》一劇之人物，舞臺，語言，結構方面所呈現的痛苦與虛無. 論文第二章將從《果陀》一劇中的人物切入，探討他們在精神與肉體方面的苦悶與絕望. 劇中人物都是些受著疾病的折磨與夢想幻滅的流浪漢老人. 記憶，遺忘，習慣和痛苦外，什麼都沒發生. 記憶是痛苦的，因此，角色試圖遺忘. 等待是痛苦的，尤其果陀的始終未出現，更添增一份悲劇感. 習慣性的等待已成了對生命中最無意義的妥協. 佛教所關注的就是如何才能真正脫離痛苦，因此，我將以它來分析《果陀》. 論文第三章著重於《果陀》一劇之時間，以分析人在時間的轉變中，一切變的虛空. 時間的流動並沒帶來希望和解救，而是挫敗與虛無. 貝克特的名句「沒什麼比無更真實的了」. 以佛教空的觀點看，「真空非空是妙有，妙有非有是真空」. 筆者將探討「空」在《果陀》與佛教的相同與差異. 最後一章結論中，筆者將從苦難與虛無對《等待果陀》與佛教加以分析與評論，以激發讀者對生命有更深度的瞭解. |
| 目次 | Chapter One：Introduction Chapter Two：About Suffering：Godot vs. Buddhism Chapter Three：About Emptiness：Godot vs. Buddhism Chapter Four：Conclusion |
| 點閱次數 | 776 |
| 建檔日期 | 2002.11.12 |
| 更新日期 | 2016.04.21 |
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