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    Absurdism & Theatre

    Kamo Araz Ahmad


    What the heck is Absurdism?
    • It Is a philosophical school of thought which is based on the
    belief that the universe is irrational and meaningless and that
    the search for order brings the individual into conflict with the
    universe. Therefore, efforts of humanity to find inherent
    meaning will ultimately fail.
    • absurdism furthermore explores the fundamental nature of
    the Absurd and how individuals, once becoming conscious of
    the Absurd, should respond to it. The absurdist philosopher
    Albert Camus stated that individuals should embrace the
    absurd condition of human existence while also defiantly
    continuing to explore and search for meaning.
    Theatre of Absurd
    • It starts in the late 1950s by a number of European
    playwrights such as: Samuel beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Jean
    genet, etc. their works concentrated mainly on the theme of
    Existentialism and Absurdism.
    Why Theatre of Absurd come to be?
    • The atrocities and catastrophes of the WW2, was thought to
    be an influential event that cause the movement to come
    about. Additionally, everyday life can be described as an
    absurd and meaningless during WW2.
    • The rejection and decline of Religion and religious
    faith.
    • Strolling toward individualism, with cultural and moral
    independence.
    Did you Know?!
    • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the
    Looking-Glass was an Absurdism work of literature!
    Plot:
    • The plot surrounds the idea of meaninglessness of life. And ,
    furthermore, it questions human’s existence alongside having
    a god.
    • Absurdism lacks plot! That is why there are not really
    organized movements, plus unexplained endings.
    • It has puzzling dialogues with nonsense language that lacks
    conveying the message of the characters, (if they have one!!)
    • The plot is based on the life of modern man, and it has a
    noticeable unrealistic storyline, cause and effect are absent in
    absurd theater. That is, characters have no concern of the
    effect of their acts.
    Characters:
    • Characters are mostly
    stereotypical and archetypical,
    or in some plays they are flat-
    like characters.
    • They speak in clichés (will be
    discussed further) .
    • Characters are in crisis and
    perplexing, because of the
    nature of the
    incomprehensible universe
    they are in. The characters,
    therefore, are complex.
    Language and dialogue
    • Language in Absurd theatre
    is unreliable and has no
    value in communication.
    Often illogical and clichéd.
    • Absurdists believed that
    conventional language had
    failed human, and it was
    insufficient.
    • The dialogues are occupied
    with repetitions.
    Repetition:
    • Absurdism plays are full of repetition not just in
    dialogue, but its nature has a cyclical structure:
    • Similar setting
    • Timing: day to night
    • Similar acts’ construction
    • Same acts ending
    • Same dialogues
    MEANINGFULLY
    THANK YOU!

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