PPT-Lesson 9 vocabulary 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. 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 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. Grade 5, Unit 1. Unit 1 Vocabulary. LESSON 1. LESSON 2. LESSON 3. LESSON 4. LESSON 5. 1. disturbing. 1. discomfort. 1. debate. 1. unison. 1. officially. 2. interrupted. 2. primative. 2. inflated. 2. uniform. =. existentialism + symbolic satire. Theater of the Absurd . emerged in Europe and the U.S. after World War II. people were discouraged by the unjustness of the world. Existentialism. Theater of the Absurd began at the same time as existentialism.. 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. Vocabulary. 12 total. Lesson 1: Vocabulary. 1. . Anthropology . (noun) – the science of human beings, the study of human beings in relation to distribution, origin, and relationships.. Example sentence: . 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”. 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?. ALBERT CAMUS . Existentialism is a . 20th century philosophy . that is centered upon the . analysis of existence and of the way humans find themselves existing in the world. . The notion is that . Vocabulary words:. invertebrate-. an animal without a backbone. Vocabulary words:. sponge. - a simple invertebrate that has a hollow body with a single opening and lives in water. Lesson 1 – Animals without a Backbone. 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?.