Theatre of the Absurd

Do Now: Take out your idea for another short fiction text (poetry, drama, film, art/museum exhibit, etc.). How do you think this piece might relate to your two other texts?

Today's Learning Target:
I will be able to connect existentialist ideas to the Theatre of the Absurd.
I will know that I have hit the learning target when...
-I can explain how one key idea from existentialism relates to the Theatre of the Absurd.
-I can make a prediction about the style or content of No Exit.

Agenda:

1. The Theatre of the Absurd: Watch the opening scene of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and talk to your group about the underlying absurdity.
2. Existentialism quotes cafe
3. The Good Place
4. Exit Ticket: A more contemporary work that might have drawn inspiration from the Theatre of the Absurd is...

HW: Begin reading/taking notes on your next short fiction text. 

No homework over Veteran's Day Weekend.

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