Only Just Almost Never - An Analysis of Time in the Three Novels of Samuel Beckett

Abstract

The "Three Novels" of Samuel Beckett are not a literary exposition of the philosophies of Descartes, Hume, Husserl, or any other body of philosophy. The novels, as works of art, are alive, organic and completely independent of any expository functions. To view them as representations of any particular philosopher would be similar to viewing the works of Picasso as representations of African masks -­ it would amount to reducing art to essay. Such an attempt or inten­ tion would clearly be ridiculous.