Question
An “anti-play” by an author from this country opens, “You are welcome. This piece is a prologue.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this home country of Peter Handke (“HONT-kuh”), who wrote the play Offending the Audience. Other authors from this German-speaking country include Thomas Bernhard and Stefan Zweig (“SHTEH-fahn ts’VIKE”).
ANSWER: Austria
[10m] This Austrian author supported the decision to award Handke the Nobel Prize despite his much-denounced support of Slobodan Milošević (“mih-LOH-shay-vitch”). This author of The Piano Teacher drew on Ibsen’s A Doll’s House for the play What Happened After Nora Left Her Husband.
ANSWER: Elfriede Jelinek (“el-FREE-duh YELL-in-ek”)
[10h] Jelinek wrote a screenplay based on a novel by this other Austrian author. In that novel by this author, the unnamed narrator has an affair with Ivan, who may be based on Paul Celan, before disappearing into a crack in the wall.
ANSWER: Ingeborg Bachmann (The novel is Malina.)
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 10 | 12.00 | 90% | 30% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 3.33 | 33% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 40% | 20% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| GWU A (UG) | William & Mary A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| GWU B (Grad) | Duke A (UG) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| JMU A (UG) | JMU B (UG) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland C (DII) | Liberty B (DII) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Roanoke College A (DII) | Liberty C (DII) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UNC A (Grad) | Maryland A (Grad) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland B (UG) | Virginia B (UG) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UNC B (UG) | UNC C (UG) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Virginia A (UG) | Liberty A (Grad) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UNC D (DII) | Virginia C (UG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |