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1.Introduction
1.1 Beckett and his Malone Dies
1.2 Literary Review
1.3 The Purpose and Significance of my Choosing this Subject
2. Post-war Milieu and Theoretical Perspective
2.1 Post-war Milieu
2.2 Theoretical Perspective
3. Death Theme and Absurdity
3.1 Death Means Pain and Terror
3.2 Death Means Nothingness
3.3 Waiting for the Hope from Death
3.4 Death Means Futile Struggle
4. Anti-traditional Techniques and Absurdity
4.1 Dimensions of the Anti-traditional Technique
4.2 Devalued Language
5. Symbolism and Absurdity
5.1 Malone --Isolation of Self
5.2 The Crucified Christ-- Hostility between “I” and “they”
5.3 .Unindividualized Characters-- Representative of the Whole Human Being
6. Conclusion Remarks
6.1. Social Significance of Malone Dies
6.2. Artistic Value of Malone Dies
6.3. Limitation of Malone dies
Bibliography
Acknowledgements