Study of Deviation in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days

xiao QIU

Abstract


This study was conducted to examine the relationship between deviations and thematic concerns in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days. Statistics about some specific phrases were collected and analyzed. Examples were analyzed in detail to demonstrate the deviations and their significance to the themes of this play. Both quantitative deviations and qualitative deviations, including semantic, syntactic and graphological deviations were found. It is suggested that those deviations are of great artistic significance in developing themes and characters. The author stylistically deviates from linguistic norms to achieve aesthetic and thematic wholeness.

 


Keywords


Quantitative deviation; Qualitative deviation; Happy Days; Thematic concerns

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/12293

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