Eugene ionesco est ne en 1912 a slatina, en roumanie. Bulletin of the transilvania university of bra sov series iv. The book was published in multiple languages including french, consists of 190 pages and is available in paperback format. The lesson is a 1950s absurdist play with a theme that is relevant even today. The first edition of the novel was published in 1950, and was written by eugene ionesco. The professor exhibits the tendencies of bourgeois consciousness, especially reductive reasoning, to oppress and destroy the best in human naturethe pupil. The main characters of this plays, cultural story are. Livraison gratuite et 5 sur tous les livres en magasin. Ionesco et sa femme setablissent a marseille ou nait leur fille mariefrance ionesco en 1944. Eugene ionesco, born eugen ionescu, was a romanian playwright and dramatist. They returned to paris after its liberation from the germans.
Cest lhistoire dun vieux professeur qui recoit chez lui une. The absurd plot of the play concerns a timid professor who uses the meaning he assigns to words to establish tyrannical dominance over an. The professor exhibits the tendencies of bourgeois consciousness, especially reductive reasoning, to oppress and destroy the best in human nature. The lesson 1954 eugene ionesco 19091994 type of plot. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Eugene ionesco has skillfully camouflaged political criticism and philosophical thought in the garb of wit and comedy. Beyond ridiculing the most banal situations, ionescos plays depict in a tangible way the solitude and insignificance of human existence. It was first performed in 1951 in a production directed by marcel cuvelier who also played the professor.