Alerting Silence： Learning About Contemplation From Samuel Beckett  

作　　者：David Torevell 

机构地区：[1]Liverpool Hope University, UK

出　　处：《Journalism and Mass Communication》2011年第1期17-28,共12页新闻与大众传媒（英文版）

摘　　要：The judicious and timely use of silence within worship is becoming increasingly recognised as a crucially important aspect of its performance. This article suggests that Samuel Beckett＇s Waiting for Godot has much to offer liturgists about silence＇s dramatic potential and its ability to alert others to a contemplative mode of being. I refute the predominant way of seeing the play as an absurdist text and indicate that a more persuasive reading would situate it within a contemplative hermeneutics which gives due weight to silence as an ontological phenomenon. One key to appreciating this interpretation is to see the play against the backdrop of the Christian contemplative tradition. Thus, the article, besides encouraging liturgists to pay attention to dramatists also suggests that dramatists might draw from religion＇s insights and history.

关 键 词：CONTEMPLATION SILENCE LITURGY the body ONTOLOGY DRAMA 

分 类 号：TP278[自动化与计算机技术—检测技术与自动化装置] P315.7[自动化与计算机技术—控制科学与工程]