Exsistentialism in Samuel Beckett\u27s plays

Diplomsko delo obravnava prisotnost eksistencialistične fliozofije v delih Samuela Becketta in sicer v dveh dramskih delih: Konec igre in O, krasni dnevi. Za Beckettovo poetiko, ki jo drugače uvrščamo med dramatiko absurda, je značilna čezmerna redukcija in dekonstrukcija kraja, časa, dogajanja in nenazadnje tudi besedila samega. V dramskih tekstih Samuela Becketta lahko s poznavanjem del temeljnih dramatikov eksistencializma kot sta Sartre in Camus, prepoznamo prevladujoče teme piscev, ki jim je za podlago služila eksistencialistična filozofija – kot so na primer nesmiselnost življenja in z njo bolečina eksistence, trpljenje, vrženost v svet in osamljenost posameznika, obup, (ne)zmožnost izbire in osebna svoboda ter smrt.This undergraduate thesis researches elements of existentialist philosophy in the plays of Samuel Beckett, particularly in Endgame and Happy Days. For Becketts works which are categorized as the theatre of the absurd, the main characteristics are the reduction and deconstruction of time, space, action and above all the dramatic text itself. In the works of Samuel Beckett the ideas of existential philosophers and dramatists like Sartre and Camus can be recognized. This thesis will carry out an analysis of themes like the pain of existence, despair, suffering, anguish, loneliness, the power of choice and freedom and death in Becketts plays