PPT-Theatre of the absurd

19201960 I personally would like to bring a tortoise onto the stage turn it into a racehorse then into a hat a song a dragon and a fountain of water One can dare anything in the theatre and it is the place where one dares the least. 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 . Presented by : Hilary G., Kalau F., Isaac N., and Ben Y.. Oxford Dictionary definition: . Drama. using the abandonment of conventional dramatic form to portray the futility of human struggle in a senseless world.. AP Literature and Composition. K. Matteson. Absurdist Theater. Theater of the Absurd came about as a reaction to World War II.  It took the basis of existential philosophy and combined it with dramatic elements to create a style of theatre which presented a world which can not be logically explained, life is in one word, ABSURD! . 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.. Presentation of Edgar and Gloucester. Significance of Edgar’s verbal depiction of the cliff top scene. Gloucester’s prayer. The absurd/ grotesque. Paired questions. In many ways this represents the climax of the subplot. Discuss how you would best stage Gloucester’s ‘suicide’? Is there a danger the audience could laugh? Does this matter?. AP Literature and Composition. K. Matteson. Absurdist Theater. Theater of the Absurd came about as a reaction to World War II.  It took the basis of existential philosophy and combined it with dramatic elements to create a style of theatre which presented a world which can not be logically explained, life is in one word, ABSURD! . 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. Created by :. assit. Prof. Princy Kumari. Life and Work. Born on Good Friday, i.e.13th April 1906 near Dublin.. He and James joyce had similar thoughts.. Beckett has never been a prolific writer untill the stage show of “Waiting for Godot”, which made him win Noble Prize.. “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 .