Desire and quest in the work of Benard-Marie Koltès

Zuzana Škandíková : Desire and Quest in the Work of Bernard-Marie Koltès Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Department of Roman Studies Master thesis, 86 pages, 2011 The thesis aims to provide a perspective on one of the thematic constants of the work of Bernard-Marie Koltès as well as to provide an introduction to the playwright's work in its entirety based on an analysis of selected plays. The spatial concept of Koltès's plays enables to perceive the movement of characters as a restless quest and an expression of desire. The topic is assessed through the basic dominant line and potential interpretations thereof in Koltès's work are suggested. Diversity, changeability and ungraspability of desire will be pointed out as points of departure for a tense and conflictig quest in space. Quest and desire in Koltès's work acquire an obsessive character while at the same time they become a certain pre-requisite of being and duration