Samuel Beckett's Breath on Screen: Damien Hirst’s Adaptation

Filiz Kutlu

Samuel Beckett's Breath on Screen: Damien Hirst’s Adaptation

Öz

The Beckett on Film project, which includes nineteen stage plays, is an indication of how Beckett’s work’s journey from stage to screen can be creative, attractive, and entertaining. As a collaborative work of RTÉ (Raidiό Teilifis Éireann), Channel 4 (the British broadcaster), the Irish Film Board, and Tyrone Productions, the project includes films, ranging from approximately forty-five seconds to two hours. As each of them was assigned to a different director, Beckett on Film offers a chance to explore how individual viewpoints shape the adaptations. This article analyses how Damien Hirst reinterpreted Beckett’s shortest piece Breath. As it consists solely of an inhalation and exhalation, Breath serves as an example of the object voice, as theorised by Jacques Lacan and Mladen Dolar. In filming Breath, Hirst opts for using medical waste to interpret Beckett’s stage with rubbish framed with a breath.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Uygulamalı Tiyatro

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Filiz Kutlu ^* Bu kişi benim
0000-0001-8378-8988
Austria

Yayımlanma Tarihi

20 Nisan 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

1 Ocak 2021

Kabul Tarihi

10 Mart 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA64LD26FH

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Kutlu, F. (2021). Samuel Beckett’s Breath on Screen: Damien Hirst’s Adaptation. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies, 1(1), 10-19. https://izlik.org/JA64LD26FH

AMA

1.Kutlu F. Samuel Beckett’s Breath on Screen: Damien Hirst’s Adaptation. IDEAS. 2021;1(1):10-19. https://izlik.org/JA64LD26FH

Chicago

Kutlu, Filiz. 2021. “Samuel Beckett’s Breath on Screen: Damien Hirst’s Adaptation”. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies 1 (1): 10-19. https://izlik.org/JA64LD26FH.

EndNote

Kutlu F (01 Nisan 2021) Samuel Beckett’s Breath on Screen: Damien Hirst’s Adaptation. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies 1 1 10–19.

IEEE

[1]F. Kutlu, “Samuel Beckett’s Breath on Screen: Damien Hirst’s Adaptation”, IDEAS, c. 1, sy 1, ss. 10–19, Nis. 2021, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA64LD26FH

ISNAD

Kutlu, Filiz. “Samuel Beckett’s Breath on Screen: Damien Hirst’s Adaptation”. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies 1/1 (01 Nisan 2021): 10-19. https://izlik.org/JA64LD26FH.

JAMA

1.Kutlu F. Samuel Beckett’s Breath on Screen: Damien Hirst’s Adaptation. IDEAS. 2021;1:10–19.

MLA

Kutlu, Filiz. “Samuel Beckett’s Breath on Screen: Damien Hirst’s Adaptation”. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies, c. 1, sy 1, Nisan 2021, ss. 10-19, https://izlik.org/JA64LD26FH.

Vancouver

1.Filiz Kutlu. Samuel Beckett’s Breath on Screen: Damien Hirst’s Adaptation. IDEAS [Internet]. 01 Nisan 2021;1(1):10-9. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA64LD26FH