Boesman and Lena Essays and Criticism

Boesman and Lena | Essays and Criticism

The Similarities and Differences Between Boesman and Lena and Waiting for Godot
In this essay the author examines the similarities and differences between Fugard's Boesman and Lena and Samuel Beckett's Absurdist "tragicomedy" Waiting for Godot.
Power, Self, and Other: the Absurd in Boesman and Lena
In this essay, Craig McLuckie compares Fugard's Boesman and Lena, with the writings of Albert Camus and Samuel Beckett as he discusses Boesman and Lena</em>'s search for their sense of self in a desperate and absurd world. McLuckie sees Fugard here as being ‘‘less rooted in the metaphysical’’ than either Beckett or Camus, as he places his characters in specific geographical and temporal locations—showing the reader that the absurd presented in his work is a human, not a universal, construction.</p> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/athol-fugards-boesman-lena">Athol Fugard's Boesman and Lena</a> <p style="padding: 0; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 1px;"> In the following brief review of Fugard's <em>Boesman and Lena</em>, author Derek Cohen discusses the juxtaposition of the simplicity of the play and the complexity of its structure to demonstrate the play's power to transcend its South African context and present an evil, dark, and hopeless world of society's creating.</p> </li> </ul>  </div> <div id="sidebar"> <h2 class="navigate">Navigate</h2> <div id="multiNav"> <img src="/images/icons/minus.gif" class="hideImage"> <ol class="menu" id="multiMenu"> <li> <a href="/boesman/">Boesman and Lena: Introduction</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/author-biography">Athol Fugard Biography</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/summary">Summary</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/themes">Themes</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/style">Style</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/historical-context">Historical Context</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/critical-overview">Critical Overview</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/character-analysis">Character Analysis</a> </li> <li> <a class="selected" href="/boesman/essays-criticism">Essays and Criticism</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/compare-contrast">Compare and Contrast</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/topics-further-study">Topics for Further Study</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/media-adaptations">Media Adaptations</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/what-do-read-next">What Do I Read Next?</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/bibliography-further-reading">Bibliography and Further Reading</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/pictures">Pictures</a> </li> <li> <a href="/boesman/copyright">Copyright</a> </li> </ol> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> initMenu(document.getElementById('multiMenu')); </script> <div class="hr"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/jax/tpl/default/javascript/topics_nav.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/jax/tpl/default/javascript/interface.js"></script> <div id="topicNav"> <h2 class="navigate">Related Topics</h2> <div id="multiNav"> <ol class="resourceList menu"> <li><a href="/authors/athol-fugard">Athol Fugard</a></li> </ol> </div> </div> <div class="hr"></div> <p class="seeAlso">See Also: <ul> <li> - <a href="/boesman">Boesman and Lena summary and study guide</a> in the eNotes.</li> </ul> </p> <div class="hr"></div> <p class="emailFriend"><a href="javascript:popUp('/jax/index.php/util/tellafriend/wid=8660/?url=/boesman/essays-criticism',500,500);">Tell a friend</a> about Boesman and Lena at eNotes.</p> <div class="hr"></div> <div id="addToFavorites"> <span style="display:none;" id="loader"><img src="/images/ajax-loader.gif" /></span> <ul> <li class="addToFavorites"><a href="/jax/index.php/users/register/type=favorites/workID=8660/">Add Boesman and Lena</a> to your favorites</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>  <div style="clear:both;"></div> <div id="tips"> <h2 class="search">Dictionary Tip: </h2><p>Lookup any word on eNotes with our dictionary. 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