6. UNCERTAINTY IN A MODERNIST WORLD: AN ANALYSIS OF SAMUEL BECKETT’S WAITING FOR GODOTAuteur: Mabandine DJAGRI TEMOUKALE

Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is written in a tormenting and troublesome modernist period. It portrays the perplexity of human life through two actors waiting to meet Godot. The actions of Vladimir and Estragon during the waiting make it difficult for the audience to grasp the meaning. However, a psychoanalytical reading of Waiting for Godot shows that the waiting does not reflect absurdity but is somewhat influenced by the uncertainty that gives meaning to the interaction between the two main actors. The paper demonstrates that uncertainty is a drive that provides impetus to aspire for the desired state in a seemingly absurd modernist world