The Search for a Plural America: Protestant and Enlightenment Authority in American History

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

passivity in waiting for godot and endgame: a psychoanalytic reading

this study intends to investigate samuel beckett’s waiting for godot and endgame under the lacanian psychoanalysis. it begins by explaining the most important concepts of lacanian psychoanalysis. the beckettian characters are studied regarding their state of unconscious, and not the state of consciousness as is common in most beckett studies. according to lacan, language plays the sole role in ...

In Search of the Enlightenment: Recent Attempts to Create a Social History of Ideas

the american dream in three plays by eugene oneill, tennessee williams, and lorraine hansberry

این مطالعه به نقد و بررسی مفهوم اسطوره ی رویای امریکایی در سه نمایشنامه ی قرن بیستم امریکایی می پردازد، که این نمایشنامه ها عبارتند از: the iceman cometh (مرد یخین می آید) نوشته ی یوجین اونیل، 1940؛ desirea streetcar named (اتوبوسی به نام هوس) نوشته ی تنسی ویلیامز، 1947؛ و in the sun raisin a (انگور خشکیده در آفتاب) ، نوشته ی لورین هنزبری، 1958. هدف از این بررسی، ابتدا شناخت مفهوم رویای امری...

AIDS and the American health polity: the history and prospects of a crisis of authority.

In 1981, a profound crisis of authority was transforming the American health polity. Changing priorities between infectious and chronic diseases, communal and individual responsibilities for health, and comprehensive services and cost control created a fragmented health polity, leaderless and ill-equipped to address the AIDS epidemic. The American health polity may best serve the public interes...