Saturday, August 21, 2010

Can Shakespear's works be considered (in some cases) ';absurdist';?

'Absurd'; is a literary term, so please ONLY answer if you have some idea of what you're talking about.





I just read The Winter's Tale, and so many details in it seem to me ';absurd';.





When I read up on the background of absurdism, though, I'm not so confident anymore ....





Does absurdism refer only to existentialism in the sense that everything in life is meaningless?





I'm trying to see if I can extend the term into my work on the play.Can Shakespear's works be considered (in some cases) ';absurdist';?
Here's another term ';suspend disbelief';, as an audience we have to bring something to the party, (so to speak) and by suspending our disbelief at the absurd, we can then enjoy the play the way the writer intended. The first link has some good tips on the works of Shakespeare.





http://cummingsstudyguides.net/xShakeSph鈥?/a>





William Shakespeare





Shakespeare Essays





http://www.freeessays.cc/db/42/shakespea鈥?/a>





Summaries





http://www.field-of-themes.com/shakespea鈥?/a>





http://litsum.com/author/william-shakesp鈥?/a>





Literature by William Shakespeare





http://www.elook.org/literature/shakespe鈥?/a>





http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/sh鈥?/a>





http://www.monologuearchive.com/s/shakes鈥?/a>





Good luck.





Kevin, Liverpool, England.Can Shakespear's works be considered (in some cases) ';absurdist';?
What?
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