These are common elements in Absurdist Fiction. Name one.
What are satire, dark humor, incongruity, and the lack of reason?
100
Beckett's most famous play.
What is "Waiting for Godot?"
100
Ionesco wrote these for his daughter.
What are Unconventional Children's Stories?
100
Pirandello's most well-known play.
What is "Six Characters in Search of an Author?"
100
Genet's other passion, besides being an author.
What is political activism?
200
This is the time period when Absurdist Fiction began getting popular.
What is the late 19th Century, early 20th Century?
200
Beckett was an assistant for him.
Who is James Joyce?
200
Ionesco wrote in this form before he wrote plays.
What is poetry?
200
Pirandello was awarded this in 1934.
What is the Nobel Prize for Literature?
200
Genet's first novel.
What is "Our Lady of the Flowers?"
300
These were examples of Absurdist Fiction listed during the presentation. Name one.
What are "Waiting for Godot," "The Bald Soprano," "The Metamorphosis," "Catch-22?"
300
Beckett played cricket for this school.
What is Dublin University?
300
Ionesco's first play.
What is "The Bald Soprano?"
300
The main source of income for Pirandello's family.
What are sulfur mines?
300
Genet befriended these important figures. Name one.
Who are Picasso, Sartre, Foucalt, and Cocteau?
400
The definition of Absurdism.
What is the experience of characters in a situation where they cannot find any inherent purpose to life, most often represented by ultimately meaningless actions and events?
400
Beckett's first short story.
What is "Assumption?"
400
City that Ionesco was born in.
What is Slatina?
400
Magazine that Pirandello published many of his novels in.
What is "Marzocco?"
400
Title of Sartre's anonymous analysis of Genet's growth.
What is "Saint Genet?"
500
These were things that influenced Absurdist Fiction. Name one of them.
What are Existentialism and Nihilism?
500
This famous psychologist gave a lecture that influenced Beckett's later work.
Who is Carl Jung?
500
Ionesco described his early work as these.
What are Anti-Plays?
500
Pirandello claimed he felt like this kind of animal was eating his heart when he arrived in Rome.