Drama of the independence period
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Explain the difference between comedy, tragedy and tragicomedy in six to eight sentences and give one work you know for each.
Comedy has laughter, tragedy pity from conflict, tragicomedy both together.
2
Write your view on the title “Tanho qayiq” in six to eight sentences.
The boat symbolises hope and loneliness; Grandfather Orol is left alone in the desert.
3
Prepare one scene (e.g. the talk between Qalimbet and Grandfather Orol) for a role reading and write a voice-and-movement plan for each role.
Practical task: tone, gesture and pauses are marked for each role.
4
Write an eight-to-ten-sentence text comparing the Aral problem with ecological problems today.
Water resources, climate, desertification; human responsibility.
5
Comment on the relationship between Grandfather Orol and his apprentices in five or six sentences, relying on the text.
Teacher–apprentice affection; he calls them “my lamps” and they miss and support him.