Fuying Shen

ABSTRACT Traditional interpretations of Samuel Beckett’s Film tend to operate within an anthropocentric framework, often overlooking the crucial agency of the nonhuman elements that saturate the work. Drawing on the theoretical developments of the twenty-first-century ‘material turn’, this article reconsiders Film through the lens of the ‘gaze of things’ – the perceptual pressure exerted by nonhuman entities.

1. Introduction Rooted in the Ignatian spiritual and educational tradition, Jesuit education initially positioned itself as the pursuit of spirituality within the Catholic realm. This tradition, reflected in the Ratio Studiorum, focuses on elements like context, experience, reflection, action, and evaluation in education, leading to a model of accompaniment that deeply engages with human existence (Michael 2022).