一、引言塞缪尔贝克特(1906-1989)无疑是二十世纪文坛和戏剧界的一颗璀璨的明星,新小说和荒诞派戏剧最杰出的代表之一。他最重要的作品包括四大剧作(《等待戈多》、《终局》[原作为法文]、《克拉普的最后一盘磁带》、《快乐时光》[原作为英文])和小说三步曲(《莫洛伊》、《马龙之死》、《无可名状者》[原文为法文])。这些作品先后被译成了十余种语言,贝克特也因此声名日隆,一跃成为世界文坛重量级人物。他的作品没有连贯的情节,没有完整的人物形象,对白也语无伦次,完全用荒诞的文学形 I. Introduction Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding representatives of the bright stars, new novels and absurd dramas of the literary world and dramatic circles of the 20th century. His most important works include four major dramas (Waiting for Godot, Finals [Formerly French], “The Last Crap Tape”, “Happy Hour” [Formerly English]) and Three Steps to the Novel Songs (Molloy, Malone’s Death, No-Named [Original in French]). These works have been translated into more than ten languages, Beckett has become famous because of this, became the world literary heavyweights. His work has no coherent plot, no complete character image, no incoherent dialogue, entirely absurd literary form