Another week...
So another week has come and gone and as usual we continue working through the course. We have been working more this week with syntax. This work actually feels fairly satisfying, much like diction felt last week. It is interesting to look at how we use sentence structure to convey meaning. It seems that we even do it subconsciously oftentimes. This week we read Albee's The American Dream. I found the whole play rather bizarre and, slightly unsatisfying. It is just so strange and in some places vague, that i had trouble deriving any particular meaning from it. Though the If one thing can be said about the play, it is that it certainly follows the notion of Theater of the Absurd. though the absurdity of it proved amusing sometimes ("Bump your uglies") I found that i was unable to take it seriously as a play and felt myself even a little annoyed with it. I was glad to be able to put some of my DIDLS knowledge to the test with the play and get a chance to actually implement what we have learned so far.
Agreed, I bet now you can look back at it and pick apart all the ways that make it Theater of the Absurd, which is kind of cool. I thought the play was kind of unsatisfying too at first...I still kind of do. I did appreciate all the naughty underlying references though.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure how well you could use DIDLS in the American Dream. I think the in class discussions helped alot though. Evidence is your open prompt about the American Dream demonstrates a considerable knowledge of it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on syntax, it really shocked me how much the structure really affects the meanings of passages and sentences. In regards to the theatre of the Absurd though I tend to side with that essay we read which commented that it really doesn't fit with a lot of the ideas of the Theatre because it has an actually point.
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