ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Quote by Samuel Beckett: “Nothing is more real than nothing.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Malone Dies contains the famous line, “Nothing is more real than nothing” – a metatextual echo of Democritus’ “Naught is more real than nothing, ” which is referenced in Beckett’s first published novel, Murphy (1938).

Detailed explanation-3: -No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better”. This quote by Samuel Beckett, sported as a tattoo on the arm of Tennis great Stan Wawrinka, sets out the critical concept that we can choose the relationship we have with failure, rather than always being negatively affected by the prospect of failure.

Detailed explanation-4: -As an author, he strongly resisted every attempt to impose any philosophical interpretation or meaning on his work. Beckett’s answer to philosophy is to refuse it, give it a ‘kick in the arse’. His use of ideas is always accompanied by reticence, ambiguity, and humorous deflation-ary counterpoint.

Detailed explanation-5: -WHAT IS THE WORD is an audio cinematic experience presenting a curated collection of Samuel Beckett poems, performed by some of Ireland’s leading actors. After a fall in his apartment in 1988, Samuel Beckett moved to the Tiers Temps nursing home in Paris, France.