# Catalyzing Undergraduate Research: The "Beckett Beyond" Zine Project

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### The Motivating, Empowering and Challenging Effects of Publishing a Zine as an Undergraduate Student

#### Mathilde Guérin Guillermo

I am Mathilde Guérin Guillermo, author of *Beckett’s Fizzles: Physical Suffering in Intermedial Adaptations*. My initial idea for this research project was to explore the staging of a disabled body from Beckett’s prose. The combination of the Fizzles and intermedial adaptation was an exciting area of inquiry for me, but I also wanted to look at the connection with Beckett’s personal experience of sickness and loss, as well as the suffering brought by historical events he faced.

**The commemorative plaque on House 39**

This project led me to study materials I would not have engaged with otherwise. The Library offered a large range of books and articles, which helped me to enhance my knowledge of embodiment from philosophical, sociological and artistic perspectives. I also enjoyed reading Beckett’s letters, particularly the ones from 1966 to 1989, which I included in my research. I engaged in depth with scholarship, and I took notes for the long term. This authentic research process allowed me to gain a critical perspective on Beckett’s writings and some adaptations of his texts.

**The Berkeley Library**

The research process was quite motivating for me, and I felt like investing more time into this project than I would usually do, because I was passionate about the work. It took a long time to process the ideas, concepts and theories that I encountered, to create the zine, but I was able to thread together a wide range and variety of materials. The main issues that I faced were therefore managing my time and articulating my thoughts in a limited number of words, but I also learnt from those challenges how to better organise my next research projects.

I hope my research will inspire readers to discover the intermedial artist that Beckett is, as well as his biography. The zine format enabled us to take a more creative approach to learning and communicating, so I wish readers enjoy reading our zines as much as we enjoyed creating them, and maybe some of them will borrow a copy of the Fizzles or book a theatre ticket…

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