The “New” Beckett and the Word/Image Parallax: An Infra-Disciplinary Short-Circuit
This article contributes to the ongoing debate about the paradigmatic shift in Visual Culture by outlining the theoretical parameters of a new approach to the study of text/image relations. In doing so it also builds on the most recent scholarship in Beckett Studies by offering a new theoretical fra...
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| description | This article contributes to the ongoing debate about the paradigmatic shift in Visual Culture by outlining the theoretical parameters of a new approach to the study of text/image relations. In doing so it also builds on the most recent scholarship in Beckett Studies by offering a new theoretical framework for interpreting Beckett’s work. First, the word/image problematic is re-conceptualized through reference to the writings of Slavoj Žižek. On the basis of a “word/image parallax”, a new iconological approach is elucidated by adapting art historical tools in line with psychoanalytic theory. The application of this model as a tool for textual analysis is then epistemologically justified from within the domain of literary criticism. In developing this point, I aim to illuminate the parallax logic of both Beckett’s work and the critical reaction it provokes in order to propose a new direction in scholarship. The broader argument is that the field of Beckett Studies allows for a new type of disciplinary encounter – what I call an “infra-disciplinary” short-circuit – to take place between art history and literary criticism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bd5cd42235f3486aacfd7fff07a17f502025-01-30T13:47:23ZengCentre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte"Sillages Critiques1272-38191969-63022019-12-012710.4000/sillagescritiques.8660The “New” Beckett and the Word/Image Parallax: An Infra-Disciplinary Short-CircuitRobert KilroyThis article contributes to the ongoing debate about the paradigmatic shift in Visual Culture by outlining the theoretical parameters of a new approach to the study of text/image relations. In doing so it also builds on the most recent scholarship in Beckett Studies by offering a new theoretical framework for interpreting Beckett’s work. First, the word/image problematic is re-conceptualized through reference to the writings of Slavoj Žižek. On the basis of a “word/image parallax”, a new iconological approach is elucidated by adapting art historical tools in line with psychoanalytic theory. The application of this model as a tool for textual analysis is then epistemologically justified from within the domain of literary criticism. In developing this point, I aim to illuminate the parallax logic of both Beckett’s work and the critical reaction it provokes in order to propose a new direction in scholarship. The broader argument is that the field of Beckett Studies allows for a new type of disciplinary encounter – what I call an “infra-disciplinary” short-circuit – to take place between art history and literary criticism.https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/8660Samuel BeckettSlavoj Žižekvisual cultureJacques LacanW.J.T. Mitchellword/image dualism |
| spellingShingle | Robert Kilroy The “New” Beckett and the Word/Image Parallax: An Infra-Disciplinary Short-Circuit Sillages Critiques Samuel Beckett Slavoj Žižek visual culture Jacques Lacan W.J.T. Mitchell word/image dualism |
| title | The “New” Beckett and the Word/Image Parallax: An Infra-Disciplinary Short-Circuit |
| title_full | The “New” Beckett and the Word/Image Parallax: An Infra-Disciplinary Short-Circuit |
| title_fullStr | The “New” Beckett and the Word/Image Parallax: An Infra-Disciplinary Short-Circuit |
| title_full_unstemmed | The “New” Beckett and the Word/Image Parallax: An Infra-Disciplinary Short-Circuit |
| title_short | The “New” Beckett and the Word/Image Parallax: An Infra-Disciplinary Short-Circuit |
| title_sort | new beckett and the word image parallax an infra disciplinary short circuit |
| topic | Samuel Beckett Slavoj Žižek visual culture Jacques Lacan W.J.T. Mitchell word/image dualism |
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