PPT-The Absurd

The Myth of Sisyphus The Overcoat Nikolai Gogol 1809 1852 The Overcoat was published in 1842 Simple Plot Exposition Akaky lowly government worker Rising action needs new coat and acquires coat. Eugene Ionesco’s. Rhinoceros. Eugene Ionesco (1909-1994). b. . Romania, near Bucharest, raised Paris. Father a lawyer, back to Romania during WWI. 1922 return Romania to his father, now remarried. 1928 debut as poet; degree in French 1933; continued poetry, reviews, literary criticism. The Theatre of the . Absurd. First, we must define the use of the word absurd…. In common colloquialism, we use the word to typically mean ridiculous or unreasonable. . In literature and art, the . The term refers to a type of play which became popular in the 50s and 60s . Presented on stage a philosophy by Albert Camus in his essay, . The Myth Of Sisyphus. .. Such philosophy defines the human condition as basically meaningless . Albert Camus. Freewrites. : Quotations by Camus. “. At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.” . “The . only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone. “The Absurd”. The conflict between the human tendency to seek value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any.. Absurd does not mean “logically impossible,” but rather “humanly impossible.”. Vocabulary . Unit. #3. Like me!. Write one word for every three lines. If you run out of space, continue onto another paper.. a. bsurd, rational, dilemma, . moral, claim, concede, . refute (counterargument), explicit. the. . theatre. of . the. . absurd. Samuel Beckett 1906-1989. Born. . in. Dublin. • one of the last modernist writers. • 1969 Nobel Prize. • elected . Saoi. (wise one) of . Aosdána. (people of the arts) in 1984. You and Me. Dr Jane Lugea. University of Huddersfield, UK. j.lugea@hud.ac.uk. Aims. to investigate whether this play can be classed as . ‘. absurd. ’. to use previous stylistic accounts of absurd fiction to do so. “The Stranger”. Existentialism. Merriam-Webster Definition:. “a chiefly 20. th. century philosophical movement embracing diverse doctrines but centering on analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe and the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for acts of free will without any certain knowledge of what is right or wrong or good or bad”. & . Nihilism. Anam Saeed. Kelsey Lipman. Ash Nair. Casey Filler. Wiyun Shepperson. Albert Camus. Although many label him as an existentialist- he saw a potentially fatal flaw in existentialism. Camus dug deeper into the problems of our freedom and how our freedom would ultimately affect our ethics.. Topics to Consider. Absurdism. Existentialism. Nihilism. Albert Camus. In January 1955, Camus wrote:. I summarized . The Stranger. a long time ago, with a remark I admit was highly paradoxical: 'In our society any man who does not weep at his mother's funeral runs the risk of being sentenced to death.' I only meant that the hero of my book is condemned because he does not play the game.. accomplish. ascend. flimsy. dense. heroic. spectator. terminate. suspend. mimic. lumber. experiment. soar. significant. unwieldy. absurd. So unreasonable as to be laughable; foolish or silly. Absurd. “Let’s go.”____ “We Can’t.”. “Why Not?”. “We’re Waiting for . Godot. ”. With this infamous refrain, Samuel Beckett introduces the uncanny world of…. Waiting for . Godot. Main Focus . Why do we laugh?. AN . ESSAY . IN ABOUT 50 SLIDES. Remember …. Humour is SUBJECTIVE … i.e. . we laugh best if we can relate things . to OUR OWN experience … OR NOT !!. Why we laugh … 1. Self congratulation?.