Date Approved
8-6-2008
Embargo Period
3-23-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in Theatre
Department
Theatre & Dance
College
College of Performing Arts
Advisor
Hostetter, Elisabeth
Subject(s)
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Criticism and interpretation; Digital media--Psychological aspects
Disciplines
Theatre and Performance Studies
Abstract
The Reflection of the Wastelands of Waiting for Godot and Endgame in Electronic Media is a study of the wasteland settings of Waiting for Godot, Endgame, and the Internet according to the method of play analysis established by Bruce McConachie in American Theatre in the Culture of the Cold War: Producing and Contesting Containment, 1947- 1962. Chapter One establishes my justification, methodology, structure, and survey of literature. Chapters Two-Four explore isolation and language, magic, and death in regard to Godot, Endgame, and the Internet, respectively. Chapter Four also briefly concludes the work. This thesis invites spectators to examine Waiting for Godot and Endgame in regard to electronic media, which helps us to understand both Beckett's work and electronic media in a scholarly, theatrical context that discrete analyses could not singularly achieve.
Recommended Citation
Cronin, Anya M., "The reflection of the wastelands of Waiting for Godot and Endgame in electronic media" (2008). Theses and Dissertations. 766.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/766
