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Perception and the ‘I’ in Samuel Beckett’s Company and Francis Bacon’s Paintings

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Este articulo analiza las relaciones entre la novela corta de Samuel Beckett Company (1980) y la pintura de Francis Bacon. El tema de la autopercepcion es el eje central de este estudio, que analiza la percepcion desde la perspectiva modernista del escritor y el pintor. El texto se halla estructurado en torno a dos visiones principales: la primera gira en torno a la ontologia fragmentaria evidente en ambos artistas, mientras que la segunda adopta un punto de partida mas estetico. Por medio de un analisis comparativo que desentrana y amplia aquello que transmite la obra de Beckett y Bacon alcanzaremos una mejor comprension tanto del relato del primero como de la pintura del segundo. This article analyses the relations between Samuel Beckett’s novella Company (1980) and a selection of Francis Bacon’s paintings. With the theme of self- perception as its central axis, my study looks at perception from both the writer’s and the painter’s Modernist perspectives. I have structured it around two poles: one revolves around the fragmented ontology evident in both artists, whereas the other adopts a more aesthetic perspective. Through a comparative analysis that unravels and broadens what the work of both Irishmen communicates, a better understanding of both Beckett’s text and Bacon’s paintings will be achieved.