There is no more nature: An Eco-critical study of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame

Abstract

This essay analyses environmental degradation in Samuel Beckett's Endgame (1957) and the modern world using the Ecocriticism theory developed by Greg Garrard and Lawrence Buell. It also outlines our future research on how Beckett's works relate to the current climate catastrophe. This study aims to explain Beckett's ecological philosophy in terms of the major nations' careless actions in response to the dire environmental catastrophe and climate change. The essay will examine how the play's themes of resource depletion, environmental degradation, and the dissolution of societal institutions relate to current concerns about pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss. This study emphasises the prophetic aspect of Endgame and the need for urgent environmental action by contrasting Beckett's apocalyptic setting with the reality of our modern society.