%0 Journal Article %T Winnie£º a Lonely Fighter against Nothingness %A Guang-hong RUAN %J Canadian Social Science %D 2007 %I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture %X In his play Happy Days, Samuel Beckett portrays against a wilderness of modern world an optimistic woman¡ªWinnie, who has strong nerves and fights against overwhelming nothingness in various forms on her own. Arguing that she is a lonely fighter against nothingness, this essay is dedicated to Winnie and focuses itself on answering following questions: Since the world in Happy Days is surrounded and incessantly eroded by nothingness, what forms are they in and how do they work.; as an extremely deprived person, why could Winnie be called nothingness-fighter and in what ways does she succeed in struggling along. Key words: Winnie, nothingness, fighter, fighting means, identity R¨¦sum¨¦: Dans le th¨¦atre Oh les beaux jours, Samuel Beckett a camp¨¦ une femme dynamique et optimiste luttant contre le monde moderne d¨¦sert¡ª Winnie. Dou¨¦e d¡¯un courage exceptionnel, elle lutte seul contre le n¨¦ant irr¨¦sistible sous de diverses formes. L¡¯essai pr¨¦sent analyse le personnage de Winnie et r¨¦pond aux questions suivantes. Puisque le monde dans la pi¨¨ce est entour¨¦ et d¨¦vor¨¦ par le n¨¦ant, le n¨¦ant appar t sous quelle forme ? quel est son r le ? Puisque priv¨¦e de tout, pouquoi elle peut encore etre consid¨¦r¨¦e comme lutteuse contre le n¨¦ant ? comment survit-elle difficilement dans l¡¯interstice d¡¯avec le n¨¦ant ? Mots-Cl¨¦s: Winnie, n¨¦ant, lutteuse, moyen de lutte, statut %U http://cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/529