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Listentoaconversationbetweenastudentandhisprofessor.

Student:ProfessorAnderson,Ireallydon’twantthistocomeoutsoundingallwrong,

likeIreallyappreciateyouseeingme,takingthetimeandeverything…

Professor:Whatisit,Michael?

Student:Well,it’saboutthemoderndramacourse.

Professor:Ah,yeah,well,there’salotofworkinthatclass.Ihearaboutitallthe

timefromstudentssoletmeguess,isthereadingtoodifficult,assignmentstoo

long?

Student:No,actuallyit’sjust,Ithoughtwewouldbereadingdifferentstuff,like

moremodern.

Professor:Whatwearereadingisverymodern,quintessentiallymodern,Imean,

don’tyouthinkSamuelBeckett’sworksaremodern?

Student:Frankly,no.Imean,IthinkheismoremodernthanChekhov,buthewrote

hisbeststuffover50yearsago.

Professor:Oh,Isee.Sobymodernyoumean…

Student:LikeDavidMamet.Imean,heisaliveandwritingrightnow.

Professor:Ithinkwhatyoumeanisyouwouldliketoreadmorecontemporary

playwrights,isthatit?

Student:Yeah,contemporary,modern,basicallythesamething,right?

Professor:Well,wedousetheminterchangeablyineverydayspeech,butintermsof

thehistoryofdrama,moderngenerallymeanstheearlyandmid-20thcentury,the

firstsixdecadesorso,butreallyithaslesstodowiththespanoftimeandmoreto

dowiththeworkofafewveryimportantplaywrights.

Student:Icanseethatthesepeoplemayhavebeenrevolutionaryartistsfortheir

times,butaretheirideas,like,stillrelevanttoday?Imean,aren’tthey,like,oldhat?

Professor:Well,Ithinkthatifyoutakeacloserlookatcontemporaryplaywrightslike

DavidMamet,you’drealizewhatheisdoingisnotallthatdifferentfromwhat,say,

anearlierplaywrightlikeBeckett,orevenChekhov,forexample,wasdoing.