The Mystery of Two Jacques in Beckett and Shakespeare’

Notes and Queries 2011
Tatjana Kelebeka

The article discusses the correlation between the names of characters in William Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Samuel Beckett’s Molloy and Rough for Theatre II, paying particular attention to the duplication of the name Jacques. It is argued that both authors use the method of ‘unnaming by means of names’ which is directed against the authenticity of the name and referent.

Keywords
Beckett, Shakespeare, literary onomastics, names of characters
DOI
10.1093/notesj/gjq221
Hyperlink
http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/content/58/1/122.extract

Hramova, T. The Mystery of Two Jacques in Beckett and Shakespeare’. Notes and Queries, 2011, 58.1, pp.122-125. ISSN 0029-3970. Available from: doi:10.1093/notesj/gjq221

Publication language
English (en)