Trends and Movements.pptx

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Introductory
Presentation on
Trends & Movements
Presenters: Aakash Chavda
Dhatri Parmar
Yashraj Sodha
Department of Englis...

Points to Ponder
● Absurdism
● Comedy of Menace
● Modernism
● Stream of Consciousness
● Avant Garde Movements
● Expression...

Absurdism
● Absurdism, a philosophy that emerged in the 20th century, particularly associated with
philosopher Albert Camu...

Albert Camus: Developer of Absurdism
● Albert Camus, a writer and philosopher, made significant contributions to
understan...

I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in
the night sky and laid myself open for the
first time to the benign indiffer...

Existentialism Vs Absurdism Vs
Nihilism
● Although absurdism shares similarities with nihilism and
existentialism, these p...

Why Absurdism Matters
● Engaging in absurdism provides the freedom and chance to discover one's own
meaning and purpose in...

Absurd Theatre
● According to Martin Esllin, Absurd Theatre “Strives to express its sense of the
senselessness of the huma...

Comedy of Menace
● The label "comedy of menace" is commonly attributed to Harold Pinter's early works like "The Room,"
"Bi...

The Birthday Party
● "The Birthday Party" is a tragic play infused
with comedic elements, essentially a comedy
that yields...

Yashraj
Modernism
● Modernism is a philosophical, religious, and
art movement that arose from broad
transformations in Wes...

Characteristics of the
Movement:
● Influence of Modernist Writers
● Break with Tradition
● Inner Self and Consciousness
● ...

Stream of Consciousness
Yashraj
● Stream of consciousness is a style or technique of writing that tries to capture the
nat...

What Makes Stream of Consciousness Different?
1. Syntax and Grammar:
- Avoids ordinary rules.
- Reflects unformed or chang...

Stream of Consciousness Examples
‘Mrs. Dalloway’ by Virginia Woolf:
The novel Mrs. Dalloway follows the
thoughts, experien...

In the arts and in literature, the term avant-garde (advance guard and vanguard)
identifies a genre of art, an experimenta...

Expressionism :
● Artistic style: depicts subjective emotions, not
objective reality. late 19th to early 20th centuries
● ...

● Key Playwright:
● Forerunners: August Strindberg and Frank
Wedekind
● First full-fledged play: Reinhard Johannes
Sorge's...

Dadaism
“Dada is the art of the nihilist. It smashes accepted wisdom, challenges norms
and values, and offends, upsets, an...

Continue...
● Avant-Garde Dilemma:
● Staying provocative, radical, and anti-establishment while
seeking success.
● Struggl...

Surrealism
● Visual art and literary movement in interwar Europe. Evolved
from Dada movement, emphasizing positive express...

Postmodernism
What is Postmodernism ?
Postmodernism is a late 20th-century movement in
philosophy and literary theory that...

Postmodernism in Literature
● Challenging Universality of Reason: View of
reason and logic as subjective constructs within...

Postmodernism and Relativism:
● Denial of objective reality, objective truth, and
objective moral values.
● Insistence tha...

References :
“The Birthday Party. A Comedy of Menace.”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UWBgUVEULJTA_KFIWJjL_Eb4a4y8Lwax/v...

Pereira, Ansel. “Absurdism Defined: Its Meaning and Philosophy.” Owlcation, 10 October 2023,
https://owlcation.com/humanit...

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