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Thompson, Robyn, and n/a. "'Stepping out' with Gargantua learning new research practices in the educational theatre of absurdity." University of Canberra. Education, 2003. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050726.094032.

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Access to new forms, conduct and practices of educational research remain elusive providing researchers stay within the narrow theoretical constructs�the static, single vista of conventional research models. This dissertation presents the findings of an experimental study that aims to extend the discourse of educational research through a 'performative ethnographic analysis' by using a single-site case study approach. The case study is an analytical parody based on multiple discourse relevant to a 'new' and different approach to educational research so that a more comprehensive and complex process of reading and writing text becomes possible. Throughout this process, a generative methodology and interpretative base are anticipated to provide a metaphoric focus for a critical dialogue. The discourse informing the theoretical and interpretative base of the study include philosophy, science, visual arts, literary theory, critical postructuralist theory and theatre performance. The data are presented as a series of performance narratives in the form of socio-drama, interspersed with critical reflection that enables the researcher, the research participant and reader to become part of a triadic construct. The findings from this study have major implications for informing contemporary educational research, as they demonstrate that by approaching research in 'new' and different ways, the researcher and the educational community have access to insights that are unavailable within the constraints of conventional models of research.

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Al-Ghafari, Hanan. "The influence of the theatre of the absurd on Arabic drama." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364452.

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Langteau, Paula T. "The absurdity of Miller's Salesman : examining Martin Esslin's concept of the absurd as presented in Arthur Miller's Death of a salesman." Virtual Press, 1988. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/544134.

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Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, 1949, is traditionally viewed as a modern tragedy. Ample evidence in the text, however, suggests that Miller leans also toward the convention of the Theatre of the Absurd. Miller uses several techniques, including an absurdist handling of set, time and space, thought, action, and language to contribute to the larger absurdist "poetic image" of the death of a salesman. And the thematic interpretation of that image in terms of character and audience suggests the perpetuation of illusion, a common absurdist theme.Because Miller effectively combines the absurdist with the realistic elements of the drama, an absurdist reading of the play does not negate its readings as tragedy and social realism, but rather enhances those readings, providing an important additional perspective from which to view the play. An absurdist reading also establishes a definite tie between this important twentieth century playwright and the influential absurdist convention in theatre.
Department of English

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Hageland, Dustin Aaron. "Full Circle: The Development Process of Small Box with a Revolver." OpenSIUC, 2021. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2848.

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This thesis examines the process of bringing Small Box with a Revolver from pre-writing to production at Southern Illinois University in March 2021, and my own growth in that process. I drew inspiration from the general societal behavior during the pandemic and other crises of 2020, as well as absurdist plays like Ionesco’s Rhinoceros and Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. The play was written to my stylistic preference of writing dark comedies about social issues.Chapter One examines where I began and how I developed the plot, characters and stylistic choices. Chapter Two examines the writing process, including initial peer and faculty feedback to the script. Chapter Three looks at the unique pre-production process in trying to bring Small Box with a Revolver to the stage, virtually. Chapter Four details the production itself, what I learned, and what further work I would like to do on the script. Chapter Five details my evaluation of my process throughout the MFA program as a playwright and professional, as well as my final considerations. Also included, is the production script.

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Duke, Wendy S. "Experiencing Ionesco’s Nightmare World: The Preparation and Production of Man with Bags." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1289585453.

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Scebbi, Alyssa E. "The Chromatic Fall." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1430230127.

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Anderson, Andrew Woodruff. "The Violence of Identity Construction in French and Francophone Absurdist Theater." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1316112837.

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Collins, Rachel. "HAPPY DAYS: A MODERN WOMAN’S APPROACH TO ABSURDISM THROUGH FEMINIST THEATER THEORY." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1338311141.

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Kwon, Kyounghye. "Local Performances, Global Stages: Postcolonial and Indigenous Drama and Performance in Glocal Circuits." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259760023.

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Reiger, Bryon E. "The Killing Noise of the Out of Style." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2017. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2355.

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Smith, Sofie. "Läsarens interaktion med texten : en studie av hur läsarens uppfattning av texten påverkar meningsskapandet i absurdistisk dramatik." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för genus, kultur och historia, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-16455.

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This essay examines how the meaning of an absurd play may be affected by how the reader understands the text. To address this problem I have turned to Wolfgang Isers theory of reception. Primarily I have taken on that the creation of meaning comes about when the reader fills in blanks in the text. I have also used Martin Esslins work on the theater of the absurd. I have mainly studied his research on Harold Pinter. Based on these two theories I have suggested a interpretation model that focuses on the interaction between reader and text. The interpretation model contains how the reader analyses blanks through observing the wandering view alternatively understanding the implied reader. The interpretation model also discusses how the reader can fill in blanks by using the relationship between character and environment, the final junction, turning points and uncertainties. I tested this interpretation model on Harold Pinters play A kind of Alaska. In my ideation of the play I realized it was about the loneliness of ageing and changing. I used these results to evaluate the usefulness of the interpretation model.
Denna uppsats undersöker hur läsarens uppfattning av en absurdistisk pjäs påverkar dess betydelse. För att angripa det här problemet har jag dels vänt mig till Wolfgang Isers receptions teori. Jag har främst tagit fasta på hur meningskapande sker när läsaren fyller i luckor i texten. Jag har även vänt mig till Martin Esslins forskning om den absurdistiska teatern. Där har jag främst studerat hans undersökning av Harold Pinters dramatik. Utifrån dess två teoretiska ingångar la jag fram ett förslag till en tolkningsmodell som utgår från läsarens interaktion med texten. Tolkningsmodellen innehåller bland annat hur man kan analysera luckor utifrån läsarens rörliga perspektiv alternativt utifrån en underförstådd läsare. Tolkningsmodellen tar också upp hur läsaren kan fylla i luckor genom att använda sig av karaktärens relation till rummet, knutpunkter, vändpunkter och osäkerheter. Jag har testat tolkningsmodellen på Harold Pinters pjäs A kind of Alaska. I min ideation av pjäsen kom jag fram till att den handlade om ensamheten i åldrande och förändring. Jag använde resultatet av analysen för att utvärdera tolkningsmodellens användbarhet.

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Bennett, Michael Y. "Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd: Parabolic drama and the question of absurdity." 2009. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3359128.

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Entitled “Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd: Parabolic Drama and the Question of Absurdity,” my dissertation interrogates the conventional idea that the Theatre of the Absurd contemplates the purposelessness of life by re-examining some of the major plays of Beckett, Ionesco, Genet and Pinter. I suggest that the plays of the Theatre of the Absurd are, instead, ethical texts that contemplate how life can be made meaningful. I argue that Martin Esslin’s 1961 characterization of such work as “absurd” does not take into account a fully informed reading of Camus, and thus Esslin’s reading does not see the extent to which meaningfulness is fundamental to such cultural productions. Therefore, I push for a re-reading of these plays and playwrights that allows for decidedly meaning-making conclusions. Using an up-to-date understanding of Camus’ philosophy as a theoretical frame, I engage with the long history of Theatre of the Absurd criticism, performance histories and reviews, the genre of the parable, philosophy and performance studies. My dissertation, ultimately, argues against a strictly absurd reading and, instead, positions such work within the larger realm of ethics (in the general vein of Camus).

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Chang, Po-Jen, and 張伯任. "Absurdity, Revolt and Dialectic of Power: From the Drama of Existentialism, the Theatre of the Absurd to In-yer-face Theatre." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w6a8h4.

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國立臺灣大學
戲劇學研究所
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Existentialism has been affected themes in drama and theatre for a long time. The Theatre of Absurd may be the most famous representative of this genre due to the absurdist philosopher Albert Camus. The emergence of absurdist theatre impacted on the drama criticism at that time, but its influence seems to be fading away. However, we can find out that existentialism keeps within the new wave of theatre because of the everlasting question of Being. Therefore, this thesis mainly focuses on finding the connection among three styles of drama: the drama of existentialism, the theatre of the absurd and in-yer-face theatre by analyzing their definition, historical background and central themes. Existence (power), absurdity and rebellion are the major subjects in the script analysis because they are three big points in the realm of existentialism, especially to Nietzsche, Sartre and Camus. By dissecting the representative play of these three different styles of drama, the ultimate goal is to find their essence in common and literary inheritance relationship.

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Merhautová, Eva. "Absurdita násilí v moderním hispanoamerickém dramatu." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-369913.

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(English) The aim of this work is to compare the features of the theatre of the absurd of three hispanoamerican works, Falsa Alarma by Virgilio Piñera, Los Siameses by Griselda Gambaro and La noche de los asesinos by José Triana. First, the theoretical introduction focuses on the origins of the so called theatre of the absurd and its main sources, its main characteristics and finally its extension throughout the Latin America. Furthemore, the principal part of this work deals with the concrete analysis of the three theatre works mentioned above, and slightly discusses lifes and works of its authors. Individual chapters aim as at the typical absurd elements, as at those that are in some way original within the theatre of the absurd paradigm. The main help for each analysis are three principal features of this movement: denial of the plot, violation of the communicative function of the language and even systematical rupture of characters. The final part focuses as on the mutual comparison of the three hispanoamerican works, as their likening to the european theatre of the absurd works.

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Mittenberg, Corey. "Proto-absurdist strides and leanings : Alfred Jarry's Shakespearean spirit in Ubu roi /." 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1951/37396.

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Thesis (M.A.)--State University of New York at New Paltz, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-135). Online version available via the SUNY New Paltz Sojourner Truth Library : http://hdl.handle.net/1951/37396.

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