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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter is divided into three parts. The first part is the Object of the Study which presents the information related to the play used in this study. The
second part is the Approach of the Study which presents the approach used in analyzing the play. The last is Method of Study which presents the sequence
actions in analyzing the play.
A. Object of the Study
The object of this study is a play entitled The Chairs. The Chairs is a play written by the absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco on April, 1951 in France. It
was produced for the first time in 1952 at the Théâtre Lancry. It was directed by Sylvain Dhomme. Moreover, this play has been on the staged for many times.
This play was also directed by the students from University of Pittsburg, Tara Estelle Adelizzi and the production was also become her thesis. Ionesco
influences many playwrights in the world and Indonesia is the one of them. In Indonesia, the well-known poet and playwright, W.S. Rendra has adapted this
play with the other title namely Kereta Kencana. Eventhough it is not the translation version of The Chairs, Kereta Kencana still keeps the characters from
the The Chairs. This play was famous at that time before Samuel Backet’s Waiting for Godot was published then.
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stayed there. His literary works were influenced by the existentialism. Furthermore, existentialism was the philosophy movement in 19
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Century, after the war, when people felt desperate of all. Ionesco showed the desperation of the
people through his play. Hence, Esselin in The Theatre of the Absurd says that Ionesco’s The Chairs is the one of the absurd play. It is the beginning of this
genre movement. The Chairs consisting of 25 scenes tells about the old couple staying in an
island. The old man has many friends. He invites them to come to his house. He has something to say to them that it is very important. His wife helps him to
prepare the chairs for all the guests to sit. Finally, it presents what the work is generally about.
B. Approach of the Study
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