THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture I Luigi Pirandello II Lorca III Artaud IV Theater of Cruelty V Noel Coward Outline of Current Lecture I Background on Absurdism II Edward Albee III Harold Pinter IV Samuel Becket Current Lecture I Background on Absurdism a Martin Esslin talked o fabsurdism in his essay On The Top b Characteristics Absurdism May Have i Opearate in non traditional sequence ii Involve nonsense confusing dialogue or language iii Contain litle to not plot iv Contain non realistic characters or actions II Edward Albee a Won Pulitzer 3 times still alive today b Very heightened style of writing c Characters are almost always intelligent repeat themselves d Famous Works The Zoo Story Who s Afraid of Virginia Wolf The Goat For Who Is Sylvia III Harold Pinter a Won Noble Prize for literature in 2006 b Playwright poet essayist very political c Comedy of Menace i Real sense of danger urgency in characters ii Writer allows for audience to eavesdrop iii Very restrained characters either have full monologue or a terse script iv Lack of sound is as important as what s being said 1 Silence action stops and talking stops 2 Pause action continues but talking stops IV Samuel Becket a Noble Prize in 1969 playwright essayist b One of greatest writers of 20th century c The futility of human actions and monotony are common themes d Likes to explore failures of communication e Famous Works Endgame Waiting for Godot
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