Author Question: Facing a cold, hostile universe, these playwrights felt that what happens in life cannot be ... (Read 35 times)

wrbasek0 · **on:** Aug 26, 2018

Facing a cold, hostile universe, these playwrights felt that what happens in life cannot be explained logically, that human existence is futile, that relationships are ineffective, language is imprecise and that traditional structures of plays fail to reflect the ridiculousness, meaninglessness, anxiety and chaos of the world. Which ism is this?

A) Surrealism
B) Realism
C) Expressionism
D) Naturalism
E) Absurdism

Question 2

Which playwright is often called the father of realism?

A) Oscar Wilde
B) Anton Chekhov
C) mile Zola
D) Maxim Gorky
E) Henrik Ibsen