LITERATURE - Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett is perhaps the greatest playwright of the 20th century, and the author of the masterpiece, Waiting for Godot. It’s hard to understand the modern world without his perspective.

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Written by:

Professor Ronan McDonald

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Mike Booth

[marrydruli]

I feel like I am not entitled to hear/see such content for free. What you are doing is so, so good.

[TheKunal]

Estragon: What am I to say?
Vladimir: Say, I am happy.
Estragon: I am happy.
Vladimir: So am I.
Estragon: So am I.
Vladimir: We are happy.
Estragon: We are happy.
What do we do now, now that we are happy?
Vladimir: Wait for Godot.

[ambreenali.]

Great video... I love how Beckett's works especially Waiting for Godot can be interpreted in different ways. For me it meant the endless cycle of human suffering, we just keep waiting and waiting for things to get better, for someone to come and save/help us.

[mossfitz]

One of my favourites: "To know you can do better next time, indescribably better, and that there is no next time and that it is a blessing there is not. Now there's a thought to going on with"

[imad]

great video!
I'd love the school of life to make more academic videos- videos pertaining to literature, philosophy etc. Really appreciate the work you guys are doing!

[kelvin]

I'm theatre student, and when I first saw you've done this episode about Samuel Beckett, I was extremely excited.

[aamirali]

Love to see one on Thomas Mann or Anton Chekov

[tanqt]

Waiting for Godot was a weird play but perhaps what makes it timeless is the objectivity of the writing and how we can interpret it in myriad ways, based on what we believe to be 'Godot'.

[amreenshaju]

Thanks for uploading this a week before my GCSE literature exam, this video reassures my option of choosing English Literature for A levels. Just shows how important, complex and beautiful literature is.

[rs]

Gogo: Let's go
Didi: We can't
Gogo: Why not
Didi:We're waiting for Godot
Gogo:Ah!

[theaxisofinsight]

Finally a literature video. I've waited for this for ages. Oscar Wilde showed be next.

[Karlushy]

Thank you, The School of Life, for these beautifully crafted videos.

[WolfNandos]

Really enjoyed 'Waiting For Godot' actually, and 'Play' was an interesting experience too - my friends at drama school show me his works, and they're good.

[flynjack]

Finally ! I've been waiting for literature piece for a while now .

[empathylessons]

My attention span wouldn't allow me to learn these things any other way.
Thank you for this TSOL.

[titi]

Do Jorge Luis Borges please! I see you lack spanish-speaking authors, a lack which Borges would marvelously fill.
And of course, excellent video. Just as always

[avicena]

Thank you for adding perspective on the challenging works of this remarkable playwright. It adds a dark humor to the prose of Camus and Sartre, and Nietzche’s nihilism. I truly enjoyed it. Look forward to reading their works again.

[cwillfink]

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[marcianopadilla]

Wintery serenity. I needed that the other day. Its a warmth enhanced by the cold .

[joelfry]

I recently watched Waiting For Godot and am currently reading Molloy. I enjoy both.