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Romania's Cultural Wars: Intellectual Debates About the Recent Past
ROMANIA'S CULTURAL WARS : Intellectual Debates about the Recent Past Irina Livezeanu University of Pittsburgh The National Council for Eurasian and East European Researc h 910 17`" Street, N.W . Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 2000 6 TITLE VIII PROGRAM Project Information* Contractor : University of Pittsburgh Principal Investigator: Irina Livezeanu Council Contract Number : 816-08 Date : March 27, 2003 Copyright Informatio n Individual researchers retain the copyright on their work products derived from research funde d through a contract or grant from the National Council for Eurasian and East European Researc h (NCEEER). However, the NCEEER and the United States Government have the right to duplicat e and disseminate, in written and electronic form, reports submitted to NCEEER to fulfill Contract o r Grant Agreements either (a) for NCEEER's own internal use, or (b) for use by the United States Government, and as follows : (1) for further dissemination to domestic, international, and foreign governments, entities and/or individuals to serve official United States Government purposes or (2) for dissemination in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act or other law or policy of th e United States Government granting the public access to documents held by the United State s Government. Neither NCEEER nor the United States Government nor any recipient of this Report may use it for commercial sale . * The work leading to this report was supported in part by contract or grant funds provided by th e National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, funds which were made available b y the U.S. Department of State under Title VIII (The Soviet-East European Research and Trainin g Act of 1983, as amended) . -
Eugene Ionesco and the Absurdist Theatre
Eugene Ionesco and the Absurdist Theatre April 6, 2016 à The Theatre of the Absurd – Expression popularized by Martin Esslin in 1961 à Expression of the absurdity of life – Each play is a theatrical metaphor for the absurdity of life; à Metaphor – alternately comic and tragic, usually symbolic and always unusual and bizarre à Beyond illogical dialogue or stage business: - the absurd often implies an ahistorical, non-dialectical dramaturgical structure. - Man is a timeless abstraction incapable of finding a foothold in his frantic search for a meaning that constantly eludes him. - His actions have neither meaning nor direction; the fabula of absurd is often circular, guided not by dramatic action but by wordplay and a search for words. Relevant Information Origins of Absurdism: 19th century in the work of the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855). He developed and wrote about his own existential philosophy based around Christianity and addressed the nature in which humans confront absurdity. Absurdism: humans historically attempt to find meaning in their lives. This search results in one of two conclusions: - Either that life is meaningless - Or life contains within it a purpose set forth by a higher power—a belief in God, or adherence to some religion or other abstract concept. Kierkegaard describes how such a man would endure such a defiance and identifies the three major traits of the Absurd Man, later discussed by Albert Camus: - A rejection of escaping existence (suicide) - A rejection of help from a higher power - -
Rhinoceros a Play by Eugene Ionesco As a Critique of Political Conformist Ideologies, Totalitarianism and Fascism
Quest Journals Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science Volume 6 ~ Issue 12 (2018)pp.:25-28 ISSN(Online):2321-9467 www.questjournals.org Research Paper Rhinoceros a play by Eugene Ionesco as a critique of Political Conformist Ideologies, Totalitarianism and Fascism Anuj Gulia* and Niyati Joshi Amity University, Noida-201313 *Corresponding Author: Anuj Gulia ABSTRACT: After the World War II there was chaos and upheaval in Europe, the atmosphere of the continent was politically tense and it was caught up between a tussle of Ideologies. This upheaval and the destabilization of the entire socio-political atmosphere led to the spread of new Ideologies and Propaganda’s. The basic conflict of this time is not between the one ideology and other but between the Self and the World, the major struggle was to not lose the self due to the external pressure and ideologies. This paper aims to explore how the spread of Fascist and Conformist Ideologies intensified this struggle of not losing the self and not succumbing to the thoughtless mass hysteria through the dramatic medium. Rhinoceros written by Eugene Ionesco has a strong political context; it is an attack on all Totalitarian and Conformist Ideologies that spread during and after the World War II under the regimes of Hitler, Mussolini. This paper aims to portray Ionesco’s endeavor so as to attack all types of collective ideologies based on thoughtless action. Through the dramatic form Ionesco is trying to criticize and question the corrupt Ideologies that spread during the time of the Second World War. This play aims to expose the hegemonic forces of the Ideologies and their Conformist and Totalitarian nature, that consciously or subconsciously, transformed people into mindless puppets. -
Collective Unconscious and Characterization of Berenger As The
International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences Online: 2015-09-22 ISSN: 2300-2697, Vol. 60, pp 128-133 doi:10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.60.128 CC BY 4.0. Published by SciPress Ltd, Switzerland, 2015 Collective Unconscious and Characterization of Berenger as the Victim of Collective Unconscious Shaqayeq Moqari, Nooshin Elahipanah Semnan University of Iran, Iran E-mail address: [email protected] [email protected] Keywords: Collective Unconscious, Berenger, Victim, loneliness ABSTRACT. The present article is a study of character of Berenger in Ionesco’s play the Rhinoceros. In fact he is a victim of collective unconscious. The collective unconscious is very significant in the psychology of Jung. It is generated and fashioned by us all. This indicates that it is in each of us like a massive container of the archetypes of the entire humanity. It is reachable by everyone. Berenger is different in the play from others. He does not act according to collective unconscious that many people share. When other characters act according to the norms of collective unconscious, Beregner does not, this makes him different from others and he stands and resists temptation. Others change to their animalistic form while he remains human. In fact, he is a victim of the collective unconscious which makes him suffer loneliness among crowd of people. 1. INTRODUCTION The collective unconscious is a significant notion in the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung. The collective unconscious is generated and fashioned by us all. This indicates that it exists in each of us, a massive container of the archetypes of the entire humanity. -
Hunger and Thirst & Other Plays
Hunger and Thirst and Other Plays Other Works by Eugene Ionesco Amedee, The New Tenant, Victims of Duty The Bald Soprano Exit the King Fragments of a journal Four Plays The Killer and Other Plays Notes and Counter Notes Rhinoceros and Other Plays A Stroll in the Air, Frenzy for Two, or More Eugene Ionesco HUNGER AND THIRST and other plays Translated from the French by Donald Watson GI�OVE PI�ESS, II\:C. :'\E\\' YOI�K Theu trar1slatio11S CO/J)' Tighted © 1968 In• Calder all(/ Royars, Ltd. Hrm{!.n a11d Thirst was originally published as La Soif et la Faim ropnigiH ® •!)fiG hl· Editions Galliman!. Paris. The Pic· ttne, Auger, and Salutations were originally publishf'd as Le Tableau, /.a Co/he, Les .\alutatiom copyright © 1!)63 by Edi· tions l.allimarcl, Paris All R ights Resewed l.ibrary of Co11g1·e.u Catalog Card Number: 73-79095 First Printing, 1969 CAl;rJO)';:h T rse plays are full)' protected, in whole, in part or iu any form uuder the copyright laws of thl' United States of America, the Rritis/1 Empire including the Dominion of Can ada, a11d all other countries of the Cop)'right Union, and are sul>ject to royalty. All rights, incl11ding professional, amateur, motion picture, radio, teler>ision, recitation, public rradillfi, and all\' m eth od of photographic reproduction, are strictly resenwl. For /JTOfessiorral rightl all inquiries should l>e addre.Hed to !.rope Prrss, Inc., Ro Unir>ersity Place, New York, X.l'. 1ooo;. For amateur and stock rights all inquiries should be adrlre.«ed to Samuel French, Inc., 25 West 45th Street, Xew York, .V.Y. -
The Theatre of the Absurd
The Theatre of the Absurd /RUHGDQD$'Ă6&Ă/,ğEI1 Abstract: The theatre of the absurd is as old as the notion of dramatic play, only it was not very explicit until the nineteenth century, because its features did not stand out in the classical theatre. The theatre of the absurd is the expression of the search of the self, of the faith, of the spirit. It is said that once the ancient forms of art lose their validity, new mechanisms must be found. The theatre of the absurd tries to convince the world regarding the reality of its condition. In his theatre, Ionescu does not hide his mechanisms, but makes them as obvious as possible. The way in which Ionescu's concepts are used in a dramatic form closely follows the structures established for each play. The playwright is constantly disturbed by mortality, which is the ultimate paradox of an irrational existence. The exaggerations, the paradox, the contradictions, the crisis of the language, the surreal images, they are all attached to death in grotesque distortions. Key-words: Eugen Ionesco; the theater of the absurd; mechanisms; the theme of death. 1. Introduction in Eugen Ionesco and the Theatre of the Absurd A very interesting fact is that the Theatre of the Absurd is as old as the notion of dramatic play, only it was not very explicit until the 19th century, because its features did not stand out LQWKHFODVVLFDOWKHDWUH$FFRUGLQJWR0DUWLQ(VVOLQ¶VDQDO\VLVLQThe Theatre of the Absurd, it is a mixture of peculiar features of playwriting. The pure or abstract scenic effects include anti-literary attitudes. -
Eugène Ionesco Through the 20Th Century
Cultural and Linguistic Communication HETEROTOPIAS DISTURB: EUGÈNE IONESCO THROUGH THE 20TH CENTURY María Ángeles GRANDE ROSALES1 1. Prof., PhD, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, Dept. of General Linguistics and Literary Theory, University of Granada, Spain Corresponding author: [email protected] Not only in the theatre, but there also, the 20th Rhinoceros (1959), A Stroll in the Air (1962), Exit century was the century of the disappearance of the King (1962), Hunger and Thirst (1966), Jack, or space and of time transfigured by massacre. The Submission (1970), Macbett (1972), Ce Scientific progress did not produce moral Formidable Bordel (1973), The Man with the Luggage progress. Hiroshima, Auschwitz, Nazism, the (1975), or Journey Among the Dead (1980), also the totalitarianisms, Vietnam present themselves as novel The Hermit (1973), the autobiographical the incontrovertible historical evidence. In the diaries Fragments of a Journal (1967) and Present words of Angelica Liddell: Past, Past Present (1968), and various collections El tiempo ya no ubica las acciones humanas of essays, aesthetic reflections, newspaper sino la descomposición. Un minuto no es articles, marginal notes etc. Born to a Rumanian tiempo, es espacio, espacio desmoronado. father and French mother, he moved to Paris Sería como decir este avión tarda en llegar aged one and lived in France until 1922, when he tres hospitales bombardeados. Sería como was reclaimed by his father and returned to decir un minuto son tres campos de Rumania, where he would continue his exterminio. La definición de sufrimiento secondary and higher education. Later he usurpa la definición del espacio y del tiempo achieved the post of cultural attaché of the (…) La realidad destruida hace que se recurra Rumanian delegation of Vichy, definitively a la metáfora como generadora de realidades establishing himself in France, where he nuevas. -
PDF Download Rhinoceros, the Chairs, the Lesson
RHINOCEROS, THE CHAIRS, THE LESSON: WITH THE CHAIRS PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Eugene Ionesco,Derek Prouse | 224 pages | 01 Sep 2008 | Penguin Books Ltd | 9780141184296 | English | London, United Kingdom Rhinoceros, The Chairs, The Lesson: WITH The Chairs PDF Book The stage action is both startling and certainly comical, with a woman dropping her groceries but keeping hold of her cat, and a number of simultaneous conversations overlapping with similar questions and responses. We therefore associate it with our youth, when we were immature. Humane, maybe not so much. In these three 'antiplays' dream, nonsense and fantasy combine to create an unsettling, bizarre view of society. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. It starts with a reticent professor welcoming a bright, confident student for private lessons until he begins to manipulate the power of knowledge and the roles are slowly reversed, building to a creepy ending and creepier final revelation. I suppose The Lesson really does belong to the Theater of the Absurd, and I confess that I simply didn't get understand it at all. Many think he reached his playwriting peak with Rhinoceros , in Thank you! Original Title. Her test is first period. At the same time, the text of The Chairs conveys a pathos and humanity beneath the surface antics, like the best of silent film performances. Set Design A designer's model for a possible set for the play. He was the recipient of the Landisman Fellowship awarded to an emerging designer. Book Description Penguin Classics , Girl: Because I want to get into a good college. -
Rhinoceros Includes a Brief Discussion on the Theatre of the Absurd, a Detailed Study Guide and Analyses of Important Characters and Themes
1. Learning Objectives This study material on Rhinoceros includes a brief discussion on the Theatre of the Absurd, a detailed study guide and analyses of important characters and themes. After going through this study material you should be able to, - outline the plot of the play, - write about the major issues raised by Ionesco, and - formulate your personal perspective on Rhinoceros. The primary motive of this study material is to encourage students to develop their own understanding and critique of several complexities offered by the play. 1.1 The Theatre of the Absurd The Theatre of the Absurd, broadly speaking, refers to a style of writing followed by European playwrights between 1940 and 1960. It developed as a reaction to the horrors of World War II, as a rebellion against traditional culture and literature. These writers reflected on the futile human struggle to understand the meaning of existence. Existentialism provided the philosophical underpinning for this theatre. ‘God is dead’: Friedrich Nietzsche’s declaration encapsulated the loss of faith in a benevolent higher power. It opposed the idea of human rationality, an intelligible universe and the individual’s capacity for heroism. The 1940s saw the spread of the ideas of existentialist philosophers like Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, who viewed the human being as a reduced entity, existing in isolation and alienation, living a purposeless life. According to Camus, absurd designated the condition of man in an alien, ‘unknown’, hostile universe. He explained this in his philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus (1942); A world that can be explained by reasoning, however faulty, is a familiar world. -
Writing on the Walls: Reimagining Eugène Ionesco's Rhinoceros
University of Calgary PRISM: University of Calgary's Digital Repository Graduate Studies The Vault: Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2019-05-16 Writing on the Walls: Reimagining Eugène Ionesco’s Rhinoceros Anastasakis, Constantine Xionis Anastasakis, C. X. (2019). Writing on the Walls: Reimagining Eugène Ionesco’s Rhinoceros (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. http://hdl.handle.net/1880/110326 master thesis University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. Downloaded from PRISM: https://prism.ucalgary.ca UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Writing on the Walls: Reimagining Eugène Ionesco’s Rhinoceros by Constantine Xionis Anastasakis A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF FINE ARTS GRADUATE PROGRAM IN DRAMA CALGARY, ALBERTA MAY, 2019 © Constantine Xionis Anastasakis 2019 Abstract This artist’s statement is a critical reflection on the creative process that culminated in the staging of Eugene Ionesco’s play Rhinoceros at the University of Calgary’s Reeve Theatre from November 30th to December 8th, 2019. The first chapter introduces my initial ideas and approaches to the production at the beginnings of my research, and how these ideas evolved based on my experience(s) in Greece. The second chapter contextualizes the play within my research, including Eugene Ionesco’s body of work, the contemporary social, political, and cultural framework that informed the reconceptualization, specifically Greece’s debt crisis and the resultant unrest evident in Athens’ graffiti and protest-turned-riots. -
Eugene Ionesco RHINOCEROS
Eugene Ionesco RHINOCEROS ARAVIND R NAIR, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPT. OF ENGLISH,SH COLLEGE, THEVARA EUGENE IONESCO 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994 • Romanian, wrote in French • Part of the French Avant Garde Theatre • About the insignificance of human existence • "Walking in summer sunshine in a white-washed provincial village under an intense blue sky, [Ionesco] was profoundly altered by the light." • An early childhood transcendental experience • he saw that the real world in comparison was full of decay, corruption and meaningless repetitive action. Death is inevitable. • Works reveal a disgust for the tangible world • The feeling that a better world lies just beyond this one. • Married Rodica Burileanu in 1936. • Wrote unconventional children’s stories for his kids. • Lived in France during the second world war. • Awards and recognition: • Member of the French Academy, 1970 • Prix Italia, 1963. • Authors Theatre Prize, 1966 LITERARY CAREER Debuted as a critic and poet Wrote satirical works: The Hugoliade mocking Victor Hugo First play in 1948: The Bald Soprano One act nonsense play Based on Ionesco’s attempt to learn English The clichés and truisms of language learning Was rather unsuccessful until Jean Anouilh and others promoted it EARLY WORKS Jack or the Submission.1950 The Lesson. 1950 The Chairs. 1952 The New Tenant.1953 The Anti-Play: absurdist, alienation, impossibility of communication, against conformism of the bourgeoisie and the theatre. An atmosphere where language breaks down into meaninglessness. FULL LENGTH PLAYS A Stroll in the Air The Killer. 1959 Rhinoceros Exit the King. 1962 The character ‘Berenger’ – an autobiographical figure. Features in many of Ionesco’s plays including Rhinoceros. -
THE BALD SOPRANO” October 23 – November 22, 2009
media contact: erica lewis-finein brightbutterfly pr brightbutterfly[at]hotmail.com CUTTING BALL THEATER OPENS 10 TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON WITH IONESCO’S ABSURDIST MASTERPIECE “THE BALD SOPRANO” October 23 – November 22, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO (August 30, 2009) – San Francisco’s cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater opens its 10 th season with Eugène Ionesco’s comic masterpiece THE BALD SOPRANO , in a new translation by Cutting Ball Artistic Director Rob Melrose . This hysterically funny play is the perfect follow up to last season’s hit production of Ionecso’s Victims of Duty , which garnered a Bay Area Critics Circle award for Best Production. Featuring Paige Rogers , David Sinaiko , Caitlyn Louchard , Donell Hill , Derek Fischer , and Anjali Vashi with direction by Rob Melrose , THE BALD SOPRANO plays October 23 through November 22 (Press opening: October 29 ) at the Cutting Ball Theater in residence at Exit on Taylor (277 Taylor Street) in San Francisco. For tickets ($15-30) and more information, the public may visit cuttingball.com or call 800-838-3006 . In THE BALD SOPRANO , Mr. and Mrs. Smith invite Mr. and Mrs. Martin over for a cheerful dinner. Plans for a sedate evening soon give way to hilarious chaos as polite conversation turns to confusion and the two couples engage in an escalating battle of linguistic acrobatics. Simultaneously comic and profound, THE BALD SOPRANO , about which The New York Times recently said, “The play has not aged. One might even suggest that we have caught up with [it],” is a play that breaks all the rules. While trying to learn English, Ionesco noticed the absurdity of the dialogues between the husband and wife in the textbook he was studying - she would inform him that they live in London, that they have three children, that the ceiling is above them and the floor is below them, all things he already knew perfectly well.