Absurdist Angles on History

Three Plays

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Humour & Comedy, General Humour, History
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Author: Merritt Abrash ISBN: 9781418427542
Publisher: AuthorHouse Publication: September 7, 2004
Imprint: AuthorHouse Language: English
Author: Merritt Abrash
ISBN: 9781418427542
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Publication: September 7, 2004
Imprint: AuthorHouse
Language: English

The plays in Absurdist Angles on History: Three Plays look at absurdities of modern history from three different angles. How World War I Happened applies absurdist dramatic treatment to the outbreak of the war, an episode largely absurd to start with. The wishful thinking and frivolous motivations of the main actors are more effectively highlighted by absurdist exaggeration than by customary historical analysis. How Karl Got Over His Bad Dream applies an absurdist twist to the origins of Marx and Freuds key theories an angle offering insights into the theories themselves at the same time as extracting maximum humor from farcical interpretations. How it All Might Have Ended, which has been professionally produced, posits a post nuclear war world with few survivors a situation acknowledged during the cold war to be an actual possibility. The dramatic treatment in this case is not absurdist, since the human race placing itself at such risk is a fact absurd enough not to need enhancement. Although this play, in common with How World War I Happened, is for the most part comedic, both conclude in despair at Western civilizations self inflicted damage from chronic shortsightedness and perilous priorities.

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The plays in Absurdist Angles on History: Three Plays look at absurdities of modern history from three different angles. How World War I Happened applies absurdist dramatic treatment to the outbreak of the war, an episode largely absurd to start with. The wishful thinking and frivolous motivations of the main actors are more effectively highlighted by absurdist exaggeration than by customary historical analysis. How Karl Got Over His Bad Dream applies an absurdist twist to the origins of Marx and Freuds key theories an angle offering insights into the theories themselves at the same time as extracting maximum humor from farcical interpretations. How it All Might Have Ended, which has been professionally produced, posits a post nuclear war world with few survivors a situation acknowledged during the cold war to be an actual possibility. The dramatic treatment in this case is not absurdist, since the human race placing itself at such risk is a fact absurd enough not to need enhancement. Although this play, in common with How World War I Happened, is for the most part comedic, both conclude in despair at Western civilizations self inflicted damage from chronic shortsightedness and perilous priorities.

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