Samuel Beckett’s works have spawned a great variety of critical – sometimes contradictory – interpretations, most recently ones stemming from postmodern theories of literature. In keeping with this trend, this book probes the relationship between Beckett’s fiction and the work of a number of contemporary French thinkers, such as Maurice Blanchot and Gilles Deleuze, which demonstrates how concepts such as «the thought of the outside» and «the simulacrum» also generate Beckett’s transgressive narrative. Beckett and French Theory provides valuable new knowledge and understanding to teachers and students of both Beckett’s fiction and recent French critical theory.

The Author: Eric Migernier was born in Moulins, France, and has lived in the United States since 1980. He received his Ph.D. in French literature from the University of Minnesota and is Associate Professor of French at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. His publications include essays in Cincinnati Review and SISSI Conference Proceedings (2005).