Waiting for Godot
《等待戈
“W hy a re we he re , tha t is the question… W e a re wa iting for G odot to com e ” O n a e m pty roa d , tw o tra m ps a re wa iting for the m yste rious G odot. T he y qua rre l, m a ke up , conside r suicide , try to sle e p but still G odot doe sn ’t a rrive . W ith its sublim e ba la nce of com e dy & poigna ncy , va ude ville & a nxie ty , W a iting for G odot is one of the m ost im porta nt pla ys of the 20th ce ntury .
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B ritis h p la y w rig h t & film P ro d u c e r w h o s e L o o k B a c k in A n g e r (1956) u s h e re d in a n e w m o v e m e n t in B ritis h d ra m a a n d m a d e h im kn o w n a s th e firs t o f th e “A n g ry Young M en” Jo h n O s b o rn e ch a n g e d th e fa c e o f B ritis h T h e a tre . H is p la y "L o o k B a c k in A n g e r " w a s th e tu rn in g p o in t in p o s tw a r B ritis h th e a tre .
Background
Late modernism: 1946–2000 Drama after World War
Two Poetry after World War Two Late 20th-century genre literature Science fiction 21st century literature
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Historical significance
the Economic Recovery Program: the Marshall Plan马歇尔计划 the Soviet Union occupied the portion of Europe the United States VS the SoviAngry Young Men 愤怒的青年
T h e te rm “A n g ry Y o u n g M e n ” a p p lie d to a g ro u p o f E n g lis h w rite rs o f th e 1950s w h o s e h e ro e s sh a re ce rta in re b e llio u s a n d critic a l a ttitu d e s to w a rd so c ie ty . T h is p h ra s e , o rig in a lly ta k e n fro m th e title o f L e s lie A lle n P a u l 's a u to b io g ra p h y , A n g ry Y o u n g M a n (1951), b e c a m e cu rre n t w ith th e cre a tio n o f Jo h n O s b o rn e 's p la y L o o k B a c k in A n g e r (1956). T h e w o rd a n g ry is p ro b a b ly in a p p ro p ria te ; d is s a tis fie d is p e rh a p s m o re a c c u ra te . T h e g ro u p n o t o n ly e x p re s s e d d is c o n te n t w ith th e sta id , h y p o c ritic a l in s ti tu tio n s o f E n g lis h so c ie ty —th e so -c a lle d E s ta b lis h m e n t —b u t b e tra y e d d is illu s io n m e n t w ith its e lf a n d w ith its o w n a c h ie v e m e n ts . In c lu d e d a m o n g th e a n g ry yo u n g m e n w e re th e p la y w rig h ts Jo h n O s b o rn e a n d A rn o ld W e s k e r & th e n o v e lis ts K in g s le y A m is , Jo h n B ra in e , Jo h n W a in , & A la n S illito e . In th e 1960s th e s e w rite rs tu rn e d to m o re in d iv id u a liz e d th e m e s a n d w e re n o lo n g e r co n s id e re d a g ro u p .
from 1939 to 1945 in Europe from at least 1937 to 1945 in Asia. largest armed conflict : involving more countries powerful new weapons( two atomic bombs)
Background
Nobel Prize in Literature
T. S. Eliot (1948） t·s·艾略特 兰·罗素
Bertrand Russell (1950), 伯特
Winston Churchill (1953)温斯顿·丘吉尔
V. S. Naipaul (2001) v·s·奈保尔 特
Literature
World War Ι Ι
张丹蓓 12134761 张子淳12134762 赵玉婷12134763 甄 涛12134764
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Background
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A Brief Introduction of the World War Two:
Theater of the Absurd
荒诞派戏剧
Angry Young Men
愤怒的青年
Theater of the Absurd
T h e a te r o f th e A b s u rd ca m e a b o u t a s a re a c tio n to W o rld W a r II . It to o k th e b a s is o f e x is te n tia l p h ilo s o p h y a n d co m b in e d it w ith d ra m a tic e le m e n ts to cre a te a sty le o f th e a tre w h ic h p re s e n te d a w o rld w h ic h ca n n o t b e lo g ic a lly e x p la in e d , life is in o n e w o rd , A B S U R D ! N e e d le s s to sa y , th is g e n re o f th e a tre to o k q u ite so m e tim e to ca tc h o n b e c a u s e it u s e d te c h n iq u e s th a t se e m e d to b e illo g ic a l to the theatre world. T h e p lo ts o fte n stra y e d fro m th e m o re tra d itio n a l e p is o d ic stru c tu re , a n d se e m to m o v e in a circ le , e n d in g th e sa m e w a y it b e g a n . T h e sc e n e ry w a s o fte n u n re c o g n iz a b le , a n d to m a k e m a tte rs w o rs e , th e d ia lo g u e n e v e r se e m e d to m a k e a n y se n s e .
Major Absurdist Playwrights
Samuel Beckett 撒缪尔·贝克特
Harold Pinter 哈罗德·品特 Eugene Lonesco 尤金·尤奈斯