L ITERARY E LEMENTS T HOMAS F ONTAINE, B RANDON C LAYTON, T ROY N ICKENS.
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LITERARY ELEMENTS
THOMAS FONTAINE, BRANDON CLAYTON, TROY NICKENS
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TERMS OF FOCUS
• Tragicomedy• Theater of the Absurd
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TRAGICOMEDY
• A type of drama coined in classical era by Roman dramatist Plautus (mainly comedy).
• Became famous in Elizabethan times - characters often brought close to death through plot reversals and sudden catastrophes, but never actually killed.
• Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" and "Measure for Measure"
• Plautus' "Amphytryon"
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THEATER OF THE ABSURD
• 20th century evolution of Tragicomedy, stemming from avant-garde movement and horrors of WWII.
• Represented the absurdity and meaninglessness of human life through surreal, illogical, conflictless and plotless story lines meant to force the viewer to question conventional life.
• Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" (no happy or sad ending) and "Endgame"
• "Le Professeur Taranne" by Arthur Adamov