Beckettian

English Etymology From en Beckett -ian. Pronunciation en En-us-Beckettian.oga US Adjective Of or pertaining to the novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) or his writings, noted for their bleak outlook and minimalism. en 1968 Robert Ligon Harrison Samuel Beckett's Murphy; a critical excursion 57 The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete. 22 March 1994 Jan Breslauer THEATER REVIEW : An Eclectic ‘Oresteia’ Opens Actors’ Gang’s New Home https://web.archive.org/web/20251110151941/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-22-ca-37014-story.html They are shadowed by a robed chorus of Beckettian sages--Homer (Joseph Grimm), Hesiod (Gary Kelley), Herodotos (Daniel Parker) and Thucydides (Michael Rivkin)--given to Joseph Campbell-like pronouncements on the power of myth. en On Sympathy Sophie Ratcliffe 2008 This uncertainty often appears in Beckettian criticism—take the Scrutonian hesitation over Beckett's 'characters (if characters they can be called)', or John Pilling's admission that, in Beckett, character can become an 'impossibly complicated matter'. Translations of or pertaining to Beckett Czech: cs beckettovský French: fr beckettien Noun A scholar of Samuel Beckett's writings. en eponyms