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ART OF NOT LISTENING AND THE PLAYS OF EDWARD ALBEE
- Date Issued:
- 1981
- Summary:
- Not listening is essential in the evasion of reality. The plays of Edward Albee demonstrate various types of not listening and the debilitating effects of such behavior. The American Dream presents superficial listening and its inherent neglect of the meaning of words. A Delicate Balance explores the abortive listening which expels reality from one's communication. The Zoo Story exposes pseudo-listening, that complacent pretense of attention, and the subsequent ignorance of real communication. And Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? condemns negative listening and the inability or refusal to use input positively. In contrast to, and in conflict with, the non-listeners are those who do listen effectively and hence recognize both the nature of problems and their solutions. These listeners endeavor to break through the aural barriers of the others, forcing them to listen to, recognize, and deal with the reality they sought to evade.
Title: | THE ART OF NOT LISTENING AND THE PLAYS OF EDWARD ALBEE. |
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Name(s): |
MEYER, KATHLEEN BAILEY. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Pearce, Howard D., Thesis advisor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 1981 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 92 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Not listening is essential in the evasion of reality. The plays of Edward Albee demonstrate various types of not listening and the debilitating effects of such behavior. The American Dream presents superficial listening and its inherent neglect of the meaning of words. A Delicate Balance explores the abortive listening which expels reality from one's communication. The Zoo Story exposes pseudo-listening, that complacent pretense of attention, and the subsequent ignorance of real communication. And Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? condemns negative listening and the inability or refusal to use input positively. In contrast to, and in conflict with, the non-listeners are those who do listen effectively and hence recognize both the nature of problems and their solutions. These listeners endeavor to break through the aural barriers of the others, forcing them to listen to, recognize, and deal with the reality they sought to evade. | |
Identifier: | 14056 (digitool), FADT14056 (IID), fau:10873 (fedora) | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): |
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1981. |
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Subject(s): | Albee, Edward,--1928---Characters | |
Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14056 | |
Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |