Pinter's 'The birthday party' and Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' - a comparison

a comparison

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
Cover of the book Pinter's 'The birthday party' and Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' - a comparison by Julia Pastak geb. Kupfer, GRIN Publishing
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Author: Julia Pastak geb. Kupfer ISBN: 9783638459037
Publisher: GRIN Publishing Publication: January 21, 2006
Imprint: GRIN Publishing Language: English
Author: Julia Pastak geb. Kupfer
ISBN: 9783638459037
Publisher: GRIN Publishing
Publication: January 21, 2006
Imprint: GRIN Publishing
Language: English

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Anglistik /Amerikanisitik), course: Expressionism and theatre of the absurd, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: It seems that the Theatre of the Absurd is not considered as civil theatre and that means that there must be big differences between the drama we know from Shakespeare or other famous authors and the work of Beckett and his companions. This work is going to define the differences between a classic drama (a comedy) and a modern drama (theatre of the absurd) and it will make them clear using examples from both 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and 'The Birthday Party' written by Oscar Wilde and Harold Pinter, respectively.

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Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Anglistik /Amerikanisitik), course: Expressionism and theatre of the absurd, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: It seems that the Theatre of the Absurd is not considered as civil theatre and that means that there must be big differences between the drama we know from Shakespeare or other famous authors and the work of Beckett and his companions. This work is going to define the differences between a classic drama (a comedy) and a modern drama (theatre of the absurd) and it will make them clear using examples from both 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and 'The Birthday Party' written by Oscar Wilde and Harold Pinter, respectively.

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