THEORY EXAM Flashcards
When was Star Spangled Girl set?
1960s San Francisco, California, USA
Who and when was wrote Star Spangled Girl?
neil simon in 1966
What was the fallout
magazine dedicated to fighting the american system
Who is main character Sophie
Former Olympic swimmer Sophie Rauschmeyer, Southern girl
whos in love w sophie
norman - one sided love. she likes andy
when is pygmalion set
20th century london, england
Themes in Pygmalion
- economic and cultural divide between poor and rich
- social class and mannerism
- freeing from rigid Victorian era
who and when was pygmalion written and published
george bernard shaw in 1912
what happens in pygmalion
Higgins - professor of phonetics, trains poor cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle to pass for a duchess
characteristics of absurdist theatre in waiting for godot
- Minimalist Settings: country road w leafless tree
- No Conventional Plot: they just wait around
- Philosophical themes: human condition and purpose
when and who wrote waiting for godot
samuel beckett in 1952
when was absurdism
1950s to 1960s
who and when I wandered Lonely As A Cloud
Lyric Poem - express personal emotions and feelings
William Wordsworth 1807
memory of seeing daffodils
Handmaids Tale who and when
Margaret Atwood 1985
- christian rights and no feminism
- 1980s feminism popularity
- futuristic dystopian novel
what does liza in pygmalion represent
- profound humanity
- shows corruption of social class society
- independe - gets mad (out of character) at higgins and throws slipper
