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1	Blend it Like Beckett: Samuel Beckett and Experimental Contemporary Creative Writing Campbell, Sam Nicole 01 May 2020 (has links) Samuel Beckett penned novels, short stories, poetry, stage plays, radio plays, and scripts—and he did each in a way that blended genre, challenged the norms of creative writing, and surprised audiences around the globe. His experimental approach to creative writing included the use of absurdism, genre-hybridization, and ergodicism, which led to Beckett fundamentally changing the approach to creative writing. His aesthetics have trickled down through the years and can be seen in contemporary works, including Aimee Bender’s short story collection The Girl in the Flammable Skirt and Mark Z. Danielewski’s novel House of Leaves[1]. By examining these works in comparison to Beckett, this project hopes to illuminate the effects of Beckett’s experimentation in form and genre on contemporary creative writing. [1] The word ‘house’ appears in blue to honor Danielewski’s decision to have the word printed in that color each time it appears in his novel. Samuel Beckett Aimee Bender Mark Z. Danielewski Creative Writing Absurdism Ergodicism Creative Writing Digital Humanities English Language and Literature Fiction Film and Media Studies Literature in English, North America Nonfiction Poetry