V5A 25-11-22 (wk 47)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome V5A

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Today's programme

- Quiz

- Theatre of the Absurd

- Waiting for Godot

- Literature assignment 2 explanation 

- Time to work on literature assignment 2

"........ all means"
If you need help getting to the airport ........ all means call me.

1. with
2. for
3. by
4. at

"to practice"
I've got my exam tomorrow. I think I'll spend the evening ........ up the main points.

1. sweeping
2. raising
3. lifting
4. brushing

"to give ........ to something"
If I were you I'd give ........ to improving your pronunciation.

1. importance
2. priority
3. stress
4. attention

Change the word 'observe' to fit the sentence: You're not very ........ are you? Didn't you see that car coming round the corner?

Which one word fits all three sentences?
1. They ........ the occasion by holding a party in her honour.
2. The children ........ the carpet with their paints.
3. His retirement from the game ........ the end of an era.

Change the word 'advise' so it fits the sentence: It is ........ to eat a heavy meal before taking exercise as you are likely to suffer from stomach cramps.

"to catch an illness"
The game had to be cancelled as many of the players had ........ down with influenza.

1. fallen
2. gone
3. broken
4. backed

Theatre of the absurd

Modernism

- +/- 1918-1950

-Reaction to Victorian era

- experimental;

Modernism

- +/- 1918-1950

-Reaction to Victorian era

- experimental;

Scientific clock time vs. subjective human experience of time

Modernism

"There is no order or structure that shapes our existence, or gives meaning to it, so we must find our own. 

Samuel Beckett

1906-1989

Irish

Part of the resistance WWII

Introduced 'Theatre of the absurd' in modernist literature

Samuel Beckett: 

"To view a human being as an isolated existent who is cast into an alien universe; to conceive the human world as possessing no inherent truth, value, or meaning; and to represent human life – in its fruitless search for purpose and significance, as it moves from the nothingness whence it came toward the nothingness where it must end – as an existence which is both anguished and absurd.”​

Samuel Beckett: 

"To view a human being as an isolated existent who is cast into an alien universe; to conceive the human world as possessing no inherent truth, value, or meaning; and to represent human life – in its fruitless search for purpose and significance, as it moves from the nothingness whence it came toward the nothingness where it must end – as an existence which is both anguished and absurd.”​

In short: life itself is too incomprehensible and therefore seen as a joke or as absurd

Theatre of the absurd

Experiment with experience of time​

Experiment with conventional plot line

Theatre of the absurd

Time, place and setting are irrelevant: sets are minimal

Theatre of the absurd

Like a dream or nightmare: repetition, helplessness, despair, no logic to what happens​

Words fail to give definite meaning, communication fails

What genre is 'Waiting for Gadot?'

1. tragedy
2. romcom
3. tragicomedy
4. comedy

What is a tragicomedy?

Do you think Godot will show up?

Yes

No

We will never know

Let's watch and read along

When looking at the script, what do you notice?

The assignment

The assignment

In groups of 4, you are going to write a script for your own absurd play. 

The assignment

In groups of 4, you are going to write your own absurd play. 

You need to hand in the script in week 49, and perform the plays in week 50

We are currently in week 47

The assignment

Your play should be 5-10 minutes long.

Each person needs to have a role and lines, we want to hear everyone speak :) 

For now:

- Form your groups

- Brainstorm; what will your play be about? Where will it take place? etc. 

- How will you incorporate characteristics from the Theatre of the Absurd into your play?